PHYSICS OF THE EARTH II

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain, quantitatively, the physical principles that govern seismic wave propagation. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify and describe the major features of a seismogram. Audience: Graduate 3. Incorporate seismic data in an inverse framework to generate geophysical models. Audience: Graduate 4. Interpret the results of common seismic analysis techniques in terms of informationgained about the Earth’s structure, geological processes, and/or seismic source mechanisms. Audience: Graduate 5. Communicate information and uncertainties about seismic hazards to scientific and general audiences. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain, quantitatively, the physical principles that govern seismic wave propagation. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify and describe the major features of a seismogram. Audience: Graduate 3. Incorporate seismic data in an inverse framework to generate geophysical models. Audience: Graduate 4. Interpret the results of common seismic analysis techniques in terms of informationgained about the Earth’s structure, geological processes, and/or seismic source mechanisms. Audience: Graduate 5. Communicate information and uncertainties about seismic hazards to scientific and general audiences. Audience: Graduate