Date

Topic

Homework

Wednesday, 9/27

Intro to class, a bit of earthquake history

Friday, 9/29

History of seismology/software intro

Monday, 10/2

Stress and strain

Wednesday, 10/4

Seismic waves, seismic phases, seismic velocities

HW #1 due

Friday, 10/6

Snell’s Law and ray paths

Monday, 10/9

Fourier transforms and power spectra

Wednesday, 10/11

Signal processing and attenuation

HW #2 due

Friday, 10/13

Seismometry

Monday, 10/16

Catch up and review

Wednesday, 10/18

MID-TERM EXAM #1

Friday, 10/20

Magnitude

Monday, 10/23

Magnitude and Gutenberg-Richter laws

Wednesday, 10/25

Faulting/focal mechanisms

HW #3 due

Friday, 10/27

Plate tectonics and earthquakes

Monday, 10/30

Jackie out of town, work on term projects

HW #4 due

Wednesday, 11/1

Earthquakes and plate tectonics

Friday, 11/3

Global seismic data

Monday, 11/6

Global seismic data and Earth’s interior

Wednesday, 11/8

MID-TERM EXAM #2

Friday, 11/10

VERTERAN’S DAY, NO CLASS

Monday, 11/13

Jackie out of town, work on projects

Wednesday, 11/15

Earthquake location

HW #5 due

Friday, 11/17

Earthquake locations

Monday, 11/20

Earthquake hazards

Wednesday, 11/22

Earthquake hazards

HW #6 due

Friday, 11/24

THANKSGIVING, NO CLASS

Monday, 11/27

Local hazards—earthquakes in Cascadia

Wednesday, 11/19

MID-TERM EXAM #3

Friday, 12/1

Earthquake prediction

Monday, 12/4

Earthquake prediction

HW #7 due

Wednesday, 12/6

Volcano seismology

Friday, 12/8

FINAL PROJECT POSTER SESSION

TURN IN FINAL PROJECT REPORT