GEOL/PHYS/ASTR 6610 Earth and Planetary Physics I
Spring 2002
Tues/Thurs 2-3:15, BESC Rm. 355
Instructor: Prof. Anne Sheehan, Office: ESCI 440A, Phone: 492-4597, email: afs@mantle.colorado.edu, Office hours: Mon,Tues,Thurs: 3:30-4:30. Other times by appointment.
Course Objectives: This course will cover the principles of seismology and wave propagation. Applications to both earthquake studies and Earth structure will be covered.
Prerequisites: Vector Calculus, Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Complex Number Theory, Computer Programming (any language). The course is aimed at geophysics graduate students.
Course Format: Traditional lecture format with homeworks, including computer exercises. The first ten minutes of each class period will be devoted to a brief student presentation on recent seismic research. There will be frequent homeworks, a midterm, and a final exam.
Text: Introduction to Seismology, Peter Shearer (available in bookstore, also on reserve in Earth Sciences library)
Grading: Homeworks 60%
Class presentations 10%
Exams 30%
Tentative Lecture Schedule
Week Topics Reading
1. Jan. 14 Introduction, Math review Ch.1, Appendix 2, handouts
2. Jan. 22 Stress and Strain Ch. 2
3. Jan. 29 Wave equation Ch. 3
4. Feb. 5 Ray theory, Snell’s law Ch. 4
5. Feb. 12 Travel time curves, inversion Ch. 4, 5
6. Feb. 19 Inversion, Ch 5
7. Feb. 26 Amplitude and phase, Geom. Spreading Ch. 6
8. Mar. 5 Refl./trans. Coeffs, MIDTERM Ch. 6
9. Mar. 12 Surface waves, Reflection seismology Ch. 7, 8
10. Mar. 19 Migration, Source theory Ch. 8, 9
Mar. 26 SPRING BREAK
11. Apr. 2 Moment tensor, magnitude Ch. 9
12. Apr. 9 Earthquake prediction Ch. 10
13. Apr. 16 Instruments, noise Ch. 11
14. Apr. 23 Anisotropy Ch. 11
15. Apr. 30 Review, FINAL
Guest lectures: March 19, Paul Earhe, USCG
Midterm: Mar. 7, Final: May 2
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