ASCI 76503 - (was 7365) Advanced Seismology

Three credit hours.

Was ASCI 7365. Analysis of seismic waves in a uniform medium from a pressure pulse in a spherical cavity. Solution to Sharpe’s problem using the Laplace Transform. Wave propagation from sources in a layered medium with different physical conditions. Numerical integration of the equation of motion. Seismometry. Foca-mechanism and source characteristics. Internal structure of the Earth. Nuclear testing and other explosions. Offered in spring.

Prerequisites: MATH 32263 (was MATH 3322).