Applied Seismology
Postgraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- GEOV355
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Objectives:
The course presents fundamental concepts of applied earthquake seismology with the objective to provide the students with a broad overview. The topics are particularly relevant to students that continue with research within earthquake seismology. However, the concepts and methods taught are also relevant to the general geophysics student interested in Earth structure and earthquake physics. Students will gain a deeper understanding of approaches such as forward modelling and inversion from the topics addressed within the earthquake seismology context.
Content:
The course gives an introduction to practical methods in earthquake seismology including source, path and receiver. As a starting point some general concepts in earthquake seismology and links to society are discussed. The course gives an introduction of seismic instrumentation and uses the seismometer as an example of a damped oscillator. This is followed by the Earth¿s structure and the seismic phases that are observed at local to global distances. Various aspects of the earthquake source are presented including the source mechanism. The concepts of waveform forward modelling and moment tensor inversion are discussed. Apart from the fault geometry, the course will also deal with dynamic properties related to the rupture process. Another important topic in seismology is that of earthquake location, which will be dealt with as a classical inverse problem. The course closes with a presentation of seismic attenuation.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student can
- explain general concepts of earthquake seismology, and it¿s link to society
- explain source, path and receiver as the main components in seismology
- demonstrate how the earthquake mechanism is derived from waveform data
- discuss how the observation of earthquakes leads to improved Earth models
- discuss the basics of seismic attenuation
- explain the mathematics behind the approaches that are presented
Skills
The student can
- discuss the different aspects of inverse problems in earthquake seismology
- understand scientific articles in earthquake seismology and summarize the content
- assess the quality of earthquake seismology results
- select from different methodological earthquake seismology approaches
General competence
The student can
- communicate basic concepts of earthquake seismology to a non-expert
- write scientific reports and present results
- discuss scientific matters
Semester of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Forms of Assessment
Term paper 25% and written examination (4 hours) 75%.
Both parts bust be passed to acheive final assessment in the course.
Digital written exam, visit www.uib.no/en/student/87471/digital-assessment-students