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Calendar

Lec # Topics key dates
1 Introductory Lecture
2 Stress and Strain
3 Relationship between Stress and Strain

Equation of Motion

Wave Equation
4 Wave Equation (cont.)
5 d'Alembert's Solution

Separation of Variables

Fourier Transform

Slowness

Nomenclature of Body Waves in Earth's Interior
6 Eikonal Equation (Basis of Ray Theory)

Boundary Conditions

Snell's Law
Problem set 1 due
7 Snell's Law (cont.)
8 P-Sv Case

Critical and Post-critical Reflection
9 Critical and Post-critical Reflection (cont.)

Phase Shifts and Pulse Distortion

Layer Over Half Space
10 Seismic Data Inversion
11 Snell's Law in Spherical Media

Ray Equation

Radius of Curvature

Amplitude → Geometrical Spreading
Problem set 2 due
12 Traveltime Tomography
13 Traveltime Tomography (cont.)

Model Uniqueness

Fresnel Zones
14 Traveltime Tomography (cont.)

Surface Waves
15 Surface Waves - Ground Roll Problem set 3 due
16 Review of Ground Roll / Love Waves

Evanescent Wave and Sensitivity Kernel

ω - k Space

Phase Velocity vs. Group Velocity
17 Stationary Waves

Application
18 Surface Waves (cont.)

Dispersion

Modeling
19 Normal Modes (Free Oscillations)
20 Anisotropy Problem set 4 due two days after lecture 20
21 Earthquakes
22 Fault Geometry

First Motions

Stereographic Fault Plane Representation

Moment Tensor

Radiation Patterns
23 Earthquake Magnitude

Tsunami
24 Seismometers, Seismic Stations, Seismic Networks