Class Notes

GG5330, Spring 2002

  • Chapter 14: Seismic Ray Theory
    14-0: Introduction 1 2
    14-1: Seismic Measurements From Travel-Time Curves 3 4
    14-2: Integral Expressions For Spherical Layering 5 6 7 8 9
    14-3: Relationship Between P and dT/dD 10 11
    14-4: Inversion Of The Travel Time Curve 12 13 14
    14-5: Expression For dD/dp and Examination of the Effects of Velocity Gradients
    on the Shape of the Travel-Time Curve 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    14-6: Amplitude and Energy Distribution From Ray Theory 23 24 25 26 27 28
    14-7: Earth Models And Their Effects on The Travel-Time Curve 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

  • Chapter 15: Earthquake Instrumentation
    15-0: Introduction
    15-1: Seismometer Response
    15-2: Seismometer Response
    15-3: Forced Vibrations From Steady State Source
    15-4: Sensitivity and Magnification of Seismometers
    15-5: Seismometer Sensitivities
    15-6: Static and Dynamic Magnification
    15-7: Some Basic Definitions Used For Earthquake Instrumentation

  • Chapter 16: Elastic Wave Dispersion

  • Chapter 17: Hypocenter Determination Methods
    17-0: Introduction
    17-1: Epicenter/Hypocenter Determination Techniques
    17-2: Least-Squares Determination of Hypocenters
    17-3: Iterative Earthquake Location Determination By A Graphical Method
    17-4: Array Analysis For Hypocenters Outside Of A Network
    17-5: Least-Squares Apparent Velocity, Azimuth, and Depth Determination For Epicenters Outside The Array

  • Chapter 18: Earthquake Magnitude
    18-0: Magnitude, Energy, and Frequency of Occurrence
    18-1: Physical Elements of Earthquake Motion
    18-2: Energy In An Earthquake
    18-3: Frequency of Earthquake Occurrence
    18-4: Estimate of Energy Release Per Unit Time
    18-5: Relationship of Fault Parameters And Magnitude
    18-6: Estimates of Displacement and Length of Faulting
    18-7: Spectrum Shape and Magnitude Scales

  • Chapter 19: Earthquake Tomography
    19-0: General Concepts of the Least-Square Method
    19-1: The Generalized Inverse
    19-2: Generalized Inversion of Earthquake Data -- Tomography
    19-3: The Generalized Inverse

  • Chapter 20: Seismic Source Theory
    20-0: Fault Plane Solution
    20-1: Dynamic Strain From Waves
    20-2: Plotting First-Motion Fault Plane Solutions
    20-3: Observation and Fault Plane Determinations
    20-4: Interpretations of Fault Plane Solutions
    20-5: Dynamic Models of Fault Slip

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