Monday & Wednesday, 12:30-1:50, Sloss room
Class lectures : these are large power point files, largely covering material in Stein and Wysession.
1: Introduction to earthquakes & plate tectonics (largely from Stein and Wysession 1 & 5.1-2)
2: Seismometers; Travel times in a spherical earth (largely from Stein and Wysession 6.6, 3.4-5)
3: Amplitudes of seismic waves (largely from Stein and Wysession 3.7)
4: Focal mechanisms (largely from Stein and Wysession 4.1-2)
5: Waveform modeling (largely from Stein and Wysession 4.3)
6: Moment tensors (largely from Stein and Wysession 4.4)
7: Earthquake geodesy (largely from Stein and Wysession 4.5)
8: Source parameters (largely from Stein and Wysession 4.6)
9: Earthquake recurrence & hazards (largely from Stein and Wysession 4.7)
10: Relative plate motions (largely from Stein and Wysession 5.1-2)
11: Absolute plate motions & hotspots (largely from Stein and Wysession 5.2)
12: Spreading centers (largely from Stein and Wysession 5.3 & 5.5)
13: Subduction zones (largely from Stein and Wysession 5.4)
14: Plate boundary zones (partly from Stein and Wysession 5.6)
15: Continental intraplate earthquakes (partly from Stein and Wysession 5.6)
16: Faulting & deformation (largely from Stein and Wysession 5.7)
Homework:
Set 1: Appendix: problems 1-16; C-1 to C-6 (due Friday 4/13)
Set 2: Chapter 4: problems 1-6, C-1 & C-2; also prove n.d=0 (due Friday 4/27)
Set 3: Chapter 4: problems 7-22, C-3, C-5 - C-11 (due Friday 5/11)
Set 4: Chapter 5: problems 1-5, C-1 - C-3 (due Friday 5/25)
Set 5: Chapter 5: problems 6-14, C-4 - C-5 (due Friday 6/8)
ALSO: 1-page writeups on seminars on 4/6, 4/18, 5/18 (Due within 1 week)
You can discuss the homework with other students, but are expected to do your own work.