Syllabus (PDF)

Parts One and Two receive the most attention. Part one provides a review of much of what is covered in introductory earthquake seismology courses. The anisoptropy section is a generalization of the results presented in Part Two.

Part One: An Introduction to Seismogram Computation

• Teleseismic Body-Wave Seismograms for Source Analyses

• Propagator Matrices for Receiver Functions

Part Two: The Complete Elastic Response with the Reflection-Matrix Method

• The Equations of Motion in Cylindrically Symmetric media

• Stress-Displacement Fields

• Equivalent Forces & Moment Tensors

• Reflection and Transmission

• The Response of a Stratified Half-Space

Part Three: Seismic Waves in Anisotropic Materials (A Brief Overview)

• Reflection and Transmission

• Computing Plane-Wave Seismograms (Receiver Functions)

• The Complete Response with Reflection-Matrix Method