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