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| Date | Topic(s) |
| 08/26 | Seismology & Geosciences • Complex Numbers • Vectors and Tensors |
| 08/27 | Vectors and Tensors (cont'd) • Vector Calculus • Eigenvalues |
| 08/29 | Coordinate Systems • Fourier Transforms and Spectra |
| 09/31 | Fourier Transform Properties |
| 09/03 | Labor Day Holiday (No Classes) |
| 09/05 | Digital Fourier Transforms • Sample Rate & Nyquist Frequency • Stress |
| 09/07 | Stress • Isotropic and Deviatoric • Cauchy's Relation • Principal Axes |
| 09/10 | Equations of Equilibrium • Normal and Shear Stress on a Plane |
| 09/12 | Deformation & Strain • Hooke's Law • Elastic Parameters and Moduli |
| 09/14 | The Equations of Motion • Wave Solutions in 1D • D'Alembert's Solution |
| 09/17 | Separation of Variables • Standing Waves • Traveling Waves |
| 09/19 | Waves in 3D - Plane Waves • Wavenumber and Wavenumber Vectors |
| 09/21 | Slowness and Apparent Velocity • Body-wave Particle Motions |
| 09/24 | Seismogram Coordinates (Radial & Transverse Directions) • Eikonal Equations |
| 09/26 | Eikonal Equations (cont'd) and Ray Approximations • Snell's Law |
| 09/28 | Travel-Time & Distance Formulas in Simple Media |
| 10/01 | Seismic Rays in a Layer Over a Half-Space Model |
| 10/03 | Differential Equations for Seismic Ray Tracing (I) |
| 10/05 | No Class - CJA Travel • Students Read Seismogram Interpretation Chapter |
| 10/08 | Fall Break (No Classes) |
| 10/10 | Fall Break (No Classes) |
| 10/12 | SH Reflection Coefficients (Jordi Julia) |
| 10/15 | P-SV Reflection Coefficients (Jordi Julia) |
| 10/17 | Ray Amplitudes • Seismic-wave Attenuation (Jordi Julia) |
| 10/19 | Rays in Spherically Symmetric Media |
| 10/22 | Free-Surfaces & Body Waves • Pre- and Post-Critical Surface Reflections |
| 10/24 | Rayleigh Wave Potentials for a Half-Space • Rayleigh-Wave Particle Motion |
| 10/26 | Love Waves (Layer Over Half-Space) • Phase-Velocity • Modes & Eigenfunctions |
| 10/29 | Dispersion • Group Velocity • Phase Velocity • Tsunamis (A Quick Review) |
| 10/31 | Normal Modes • The String • The Earth |
| 11/02 | Earth Structure • Forward & Inverse Modeling • Herglotz-Weichert Inversion |
| 11/05 | An Overview of Earth Structure |
| 11/07 | Exam on Stress, Strain, Ray Theory, & Surface Waves |
| 11/09 | Faulting Sources • P-Wave Polarity Patterns • First-Motion Mechanisms |
| 11/12 | Static Deformations • Geodesy • GPS • InSAR |
| 11/14 | Explosive Sources • Near & Far Field Motions |
| 11/16 | Single Couples • Double Couples • Seismic Wave Radiation Patterns |
| 11/19 | Seismic Moment • Moment-Rate • Moment Tensor & Double Couples |
| 11/21 | Moment-Tensor Decomposition • Non-Double-Couple Events |
| 11/19 | Earthquakes Faulting • Coulomb Failure Criteria • Stick Slip |
| 11/21 | Fault Strength & Friction • Stress on a Fault |
| 11/26 | Moment-Rate & Far-Field Source-Time Functions |
| 11/28 | A One-Dimensional Model of Large Earthquakes (Haskell) • Directivity |
| 11/30 | Stress Drop • Earthquake Magnitude (mb, mB, Ms) • Energy (Mw) |
| 12/03 | Earthquakes & Tectonics Review |
| 12/05 | Exam on Seismic Sources |
