GP 403: Earthquake and Engineering Seismology
Syllabus
Introduction to seismology, Elasticity, Stress-strain relationships, Equations of motion, seismic wave equations, Body waves and ray theory, Partitioning of energy, Attenuation, anisotropy and anelasticity, Travel times in layered media, Surface waves dispersion and free oscillations, Seismometry and Principles of Digital seismographs, Seismic observatory practices, Seismogram interpretation – Nomenclature of seismic phases, Body wave travel times in earth, Internal structure and composition of the earth, Earthquakes – Seismic sources, Directivity, Scaling laws, Magnitude scales, Location, Focal mechanisms, Moment tensors, Stress drop, Earthquake characteristics, effects and distribution, Seismotectonics, Earthquake prediction, Seismic hazard and risk, Waveform modeling and Inverse problems.
Texts/References
- T. Lay and T.C. Wallace, Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press, 1995
- P.M.Shearer, Introduction to Seismology, Cambridge University Press, 1999
- S. Stein and M. Wysession, An introduction to seismology, earthquakes and earth structure, Blackwell Publishing, 2003
- B.L.N.Kennett, The seismic wavefield – Vol 1, Cambridge University Press, 1999
- B.L.N.Kennett, The seismic wavefield – Vol 2, Cambridge University Press, 2002
- Don L. Anderson, Theory of the Earth, Blackwell Scientific Publishing Company, 1989
- K. Aki and P.G. Richards, Quantitative Seismology, University Science Books, 2002
- L. Reiter, Earthquake hazard analysis: issues and insights, Columbia University Press, New York. 1990