Lowrie W., Fundamentals of Geophysics- Lay & Wallace, Modern Global Seismology
Learning Objectives
To introduce students to the fundamentals of the Plate Tectonics and the Dynamics of the Earth: Seismology, Magnetisms, Gravimetry and Heat Flow. Theoretical Lectures will be followed by practical experience to learn how to use geophysical instruments and on the main principle of data processing.
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Mathematics, and Physics
Teaching Methods
Lectures and Practical Laboratory
Type of Assessment
Oral Exams
Course program
The earth’s shape, the Geoides, the earth Orbits, Sun’s radiation and Climate, The Milankovitch Theory, Elements of Plate Tectonics, Oceanic Ridge, Subduction trenches, Plate Rotations and expansion velocity, Geochronology, The internal Heat flow, The Gravimetry, Gravimetric anomalies, the Airy correction, the Bouguer correction, Isostasy, Rheology, Stress and Strain, The Elasticity theory, Seismic waves, The internal structure of the Earth, Sismometry, Propagation of the Elastic Waves, Focal Mechanisms, Intensity, Magnitude and Seismic Moment. Fault Rupture. The physics of magnetism, Rock Magnetism, The Geomagnetism, Magnetic Polarity, Oceanic magnetic anomalies, The Paleomognetism, The Magnetostratigraphy.
Laboratory includes practical experience on Seismometry and Interpretation of seismograms, Fourier Analysis, Numerical exercise on Earthquake Location and Bouguer Anomalies, Examples on ground deformation and Source Location.