Seismology
Geological Sciences 483, Winter 2000
Lecture:Noon to 1 pm, M W F, Room 4510 CC Little Bldg.
Lab:1:00 to 2:00 Monday, Room 4510 CC Little Bldg
Prof: Larry Ruff, 763-9301, e-mail: ruff@umich.edu, 4518A CC Little Bldg
Materials: mostly notes handed out in class, & posted as web pages
Several books will be available as own private reserve library
Grading: Problem Sets, a final porject & presentation for finals week,
plus the labs (see Labs section below)
Tentative Schedule
| Week 1: Jan 5 | Oranizational Meeting & welcome |
| Week 2: Jan 10-14 | intro to seismology: Earthquakes & Earth Structure |
| Week 3: Jan 19-21 | waves |
| Week 4: Jan 24-28 | body waves |
| Week 5: Feb 1-4 | surface waves |
| Week 6: Feb 7-11 | surface waves |
| Week 7: Feb 14-18 | free oscillations |
| Week 8: Feb 21-25 | attenuation |
| Week 9: until Mar 3 | Spring Break |
| Week 10: Mar 6-10 | faults & earthquakes |
| Week 11: Mar 13-17 | seismicity |
| Week 12: Mar 20-24 | source theory |
| Week 13: Mar 27- 31 | moment tensors |
| Week 14: Apr 3-7 | rupture dynamics |
| Week 15: Apr 10-14 | current Earthquake models |
| Week 16+: Apr 17+ | Project Presentations |
Labs