Syllabus

EESC 4949:Introduction to Seismology (2009)


Meeting place and time (likely to change): Tuesday, Thursday, 9:10-10:25, Schermerhorn 555


Lecture Topics:

Week 1 (9/7-9/11). Elasticity and the wave equation


Week 2 (9/14-9/18). Body waves


Week 3 (9/21-9/25). Body-wave travel times


Week 4 (9/28-10/2). Surface waves


Week 5 (10/5-10/9). Surface-wave dispersion, polarization, attenuation


Week 6 (10/12-10/16). Normal modes


Week 7 (10/19-10/23). Normal-mode splitting and attenuation


Week 8 (10/26-10/30). Earthquakes


Week 9 (11/2-11/6). Seismometry


Week 10 (11/9-11/13). Earth structure -- crust and upper mantle


Week 11 (11/16-11/20). Earth structure -- transition zone and deep mantle


Week 12 (11/23-11/27). Earth structure -- outer and inner core


Week 13 (11/30-12/4). Seismic tomography


Week 14 (12/7-12/11). Seismic noise and noise tomography