Lecture Notes

The lecture notes were scribed by students who took this class and are used with their permission.


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.)