Official description

Seismology is a discipline of solid earth geophysics that studies earthquakes and related phenomena, as well as the propagation of seismic waves. This course starts with a simple introduction to strain and stress, and derives the seismic wave equation. Seismic ray theory is then brought in to explain travel time and amplitudes of seismic arrivals. The concept of tomography methods for the inversion of the Earth’s internal structure is then described. Subjects such as reflection and refraction seismic methods for exploration seismology, digital seismic data processing, and earthquake source mechanisms will also be discussed.

Additional information

Link to cross listed undergraduate course: JPE493H1 - Seismology