GEOL/PHYS/ASTR 6610 Earth and Planetary Physics I
Spring 2004
MWF 11-11:50, BESC Rm. 355
Instructor: Prof. Anne Sheehan, Office: BESC 440A, Phone: 492-4597, email: afs@cires.Colorado.edu, Office hours: Monday and Friday: 2-3.
Class web page: http://cires.colorado.edu/people/sheehan.anne/geol6610.html
Course Objectives: This course will cover the principles of seismology and wave propagation. Applications to both earthquake studies and Earth structure will be covered. Examination of seismic wave propagation, data analysis and processing, earthquake mechanisms, seismic constraints on the structure of the Earth, and relationship of seismicity to plate tectonics.
Prerequisites: Vector Calculus, Differential Equations. Some homeworks will require computer programming (any language).
Course Format: Traditional lecture format with homeworks, including computer exercises. Once per week, class will include seismic record reading and/or discussion of a research paper, lead by a student. There will be frequent homeworks, a midterm, a final exam, and a term project.
Text: An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure, by Seth Stein and Michael Wysession (available in bookstore, also on reserve in Earth Sciences library)
Grading:
| Homeworks | 40% |
| Class presentations & term paper | 30% |
| Exams | 30% |
Tentative Lecture Schedule
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| 1. Jan. 12 | Introduction, Basic theory | Ch.1, Appendix , Ch 2.1, 2.2 |
| 2. Jan. 19 | Stress & Strain, Waves | Ch. 2.3-2.5 |
| 3. Jan. 26 | Plane wave reflection/transmission | Ch. 2.6 |
| 4. Feb. 2 | Surface waves, normal modes | Ch. 2.7-2.9 |
| 5. Feb. 9 | Reflection, refraction seismology | Ch. 3.1-3.3 |
| 6. Feb. 16 | Body wave studies | Ch. 3.4-3.5 |
| 7. Feb. 23 | Anisotropy, attenuation, Earth structure | Ch. 3.6-3.8 |
| 8. Mar. 1 | Earthquakes, focal mechanisms | Ch. 4.1-4.3 |
| 9. Mar. 8 | Moment tensors, geodesy & source parameters | Ch. 4.4-4.7 |
| 10. Mar. 15 | Seismology and Plate Tectonics | Ch. 5 |
| Mar. 22 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 11. Mar. 29 | Seismology and Plate Tectonics | Ch. 5 |
| 12. Apr. 5 | Seismograms as signals | Ch. 6 |
| 13. Apr. 12 | Inverse problems | Ch. 7 |
| 14. Apr. 19 | Student presentations | |
| 15. Apr. 26 | Review, FINAL | |
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