EQS503 SEISMOLOGY
| Course Code: |
8730503 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(2-2) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Earthquake Studies |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Principles of elastic wave propagation and their application to exploration seismology, the determination of earth structure, and the understanding of earthquake physics. Topics include: necessary mathematical tools (vectors and tensor analysis), fundamentals of elastic wave (stress, strain, elasticity, the equation of motion, wave equations), and advanced theories of seismic wave propagation within the earth (ray theory, body waves, surface waves and normal modes), basics of seismometry, seismic structure of the earth (radial and lateral heterogeneities), and physics of earthquakes (double couple, moment tensor, kinematics and dynamics). Strong ground motion parameters, response and design spectrum concepts, ground motion prediction equations.
