Introduction Seismology
Geophysical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| Introduction Seismology | JFZ221 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 2 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Fadime SERTÇELİK
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Recognize the earthquake parameters.
2) Distinguish between body (P, S) and surface (Love, Rayleigh) waves.
3) Explain the dispersion, the phase and group velocity.
4) Clarify the Snell's law and ray path in the layer.
5) Calculate the elastic parameters.
6) Comment on Hook's law, Fermat's principle and the wave front.
7) Resolve the wave that spread in two-and three-layered
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Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
No
Course Contents
This course covers;seismology, earthquake, plate tectonic, distribution of earthquakes in the world, elastic parameters, stress, strain, tensor, body and surface waves, wave propagation in layered medium, wavefront and its practice, effecting factors of wave amplitude.
Weekly Schedule
1) What is Seismology? History. Relationship to other disciplines, seismology-seismic discrimination, outputs (used the structure of earth, the focus of the earthquake, wave propagation to underground, monitoring of volcanoes)2) What is an Earthquake? The types and parameters of earthquake.
3) Plate tectonics, distribution of major earthquakes in Turkey and the World
4) Stress, strain, and tensor concepts
5) Elastic parameters (Poisson's ratio, Young's modulus, Lame constant, rigidity, bulk modulus, ...) and the use of earth sciences
6) Signal parameters, equations of motion, the wave equations and their solutions
7) The equation of body waves on boundary conditions and properties of the equations
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) The properties of Surface waves . Group velocity, phase velocity and dispersion.
10) Seismometers, their types and instrument response functions
11) Snell, Huygens, Fermat's and Hook's law. Ray, the wave front and ray parameter definition. Actual velocity, apparent velocity, average velocity, vertical velocity concepts.
12) Wave propagation in two-layered
13) Wave propagation in layered (multi and dipping layers)
14) Application of wave propagation
15) Factors affecting the amplitude of seismic waves ( power-sharing, absorption, scattering, geometric spreading, ...)
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Seth Stein, Michael Wysession 2003, An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure Blackwell Publishing
2- Kulhanek, O., 1990. Anatomy of Seismogram, Elsevier Science Publishers
B.V., ISBN 0-444-88375-4
3- Lay, T. & Wallace, T.C., 1995. Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press,
New York, p.521.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Drill and Practice
4) Case Study
5) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
45% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
55% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required