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ESS 412/512: Introduction to Seismology

Module 1 - Data Foundations

Lab 1: Data & Fourier Analysis

Module 2 - Stress & Strain

Lecture: Stress & Strain Fundamentals
Lab 2: Stress & Strain

Module 3 - Body Waves

Lecture: Ray Theory
Body Waves: P and S Waves
Lab 3b: 2D Ray Tracing (Cartesian)
Lab 3c: Global Phase Observations

Module 4 - Reflection Seismology

Lab 4a: Reflection & Transmission
Lab 4b: CMP, NMO & Migration

Module 5 - Surface Waves

Lecture: Rayleigh & Love Waves
Lab 5a: Rayleigh Wave Theory
Lab 5b: Love Wave Theory
Lab 5c: Dispersion Analysis
Lab 5d: Ambient Noise Cross-Correlation

Module 6 - Earthquake Sources

Lecture: The Inverse Problem
Lab 6a: Location Methods & Uncertainties

Module 7 - Moment Tensors & Magnitudes

Lecture: Moment Tensors
Lab 7a: Moment Tensor Decomposition
Lecture: Radiation Patterns
Radiation Patterns: Far-Field Body Waves in a Homogeneous Whole Space
Lecture: Earthquake Magnitudes
Lab 7c: Earthquake Magnitudes
Lecture: Earthquake Source Dynamics
Lab 7d: STF, Spectra & Energy Budget

Module 8 - Earthquake Dynamics

Lecture: Nucleation & Dynamic Rupture
Lab 8: Nucleation & Dynamic Rupture

Module 9 - Synthesis & Frontiers

Lecture: Synthesis & Frontiers

Optional - Advanced Topics

Travel-Time Tomography: From Rays to Inversion
Travel Time Tomography
Toy Problem: Surface Wave Inversion

Assignments

Graduate Guidelines - ESS 512
Midterm: From Observations to Subsurface Imaging

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