The lecture notes were scribed by students who took this class and are used with their permission.
Lecture notes files.
| Lec # |
Topics |
lecture notes |
| 1 |
Introductory Lecture |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Darrell Coles.) |
| 2 |
Stress and Strain |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Clare Williams.) |
| 3 |
Relationship between Stress and Strain
Equation of Motion
Wave Equation |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Lori Eich.) |
| 4 |
Wave Equation (cont.) |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Patricia Gregg.) |
| 5 |
d'Alembert's Solution
Separation of Variables
Fourier Transform
Slowness
Nomenclature of Body Waves in Earth's Interior |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Kang Hyeun Ji.) |
| 6 |
Eikonal Equation (Basis of Ray Theory)
Boundary Conditions
Snell's Law |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Sophie Michelet.) |
| 7 |
Snell's Law (cont.) |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Darrell Coles.) |
| 8 |
P-Sv Case
Critical and Post-critical Reflection |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Clare Williams.) |
| 9 |
Critical and Post-critical Reflection (cont.)
Phase Shifts and Pulse Distortion
Layer Over Half Space |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Lori Eich.) |
| 10 |
Seismic Data Inversion |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Patricia Gregg.) |
| 11 |
Snell's Law in Spherical Media
Ray Equation
Radius of Curvature
Amplitude → Geometrical Spreading |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Kang Hyeun Ji.) |
| 12 |
Traveltime Tomography |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Sophie Michelet.) |
| 13 |
Traveltime Tomography (cont.)
Model Uniqueness
Fresnel Zones |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Darrell Coles.) |
| 14 |
Traveltime Tomography (cont.)
Surface Waves |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Clare Williams.) |
| 15 |
Surface Waves - Ground Roll |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Lori Eich.) |
| 16 |
Review of Ground Roll / Love Waves
Evanescent Wave and Sensitivity Kernel
ω - k Space
Phase Velocity vs. Group Velocity |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Kang Hyeun Ji.) |
| 17 |
Stationary Waves
Application |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Patricia Gregg.) |
| 18 |
Surface Waves (cont.)
Dispersion
Modeling |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Sophie Michelet.) |
| 19 |
Normal Modes (Free Oscillations) |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Darrell Coles.) |
| 20 |
Anisotropy |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Clare Williams.) |
| 21 |
Earthquakes |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Lori Eich.) |
| 22 |
Fault Geometry
First Motions
Stereographic Fault Plane Representation
Moment Tensor
Radiation Patterns |
(PDF - 1.6 MB) (Courtesy of Kang Hyeun Ji.) |
| 23 |
Earthquake Magnitude
Tsunami |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Sophie Michelet.) |
| 24 |
Seismometers, Seismic Stations, Seismic Networks |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Darrell Coles.) |