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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Geophysics of Solid Earth
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
There are no formal prerequisites, but we recommend passing the Mathematics, Physics and Earth Physics exams in order to have the necessary tools of knowledge for the course.
Objectives Contents The course aims to provide the basis for understanding generation and effects of earthquakes and modeling of seismic waves propagation on the Earth. The student will then be introduced to the causes and methods that generate an earthquake, to the analysis and modeling of seismic data for the determination of the main source parameters, the determination of seismotectonic active areas and of the sources of strong earthquakes, the methods for estimating the seismic hazard and for seismic risk reduction.
Extended Syllabus 1. Introduction to Seismology: history and purposes of the discipline.
Recommended Bibliography - MODERN GLOBAL SEISMOLOGY / Thorne Lay, Terry C. Wallace. Academic press, 1995.
Methods of Provision Teaching Methods Frontal lessons and computer exercises.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Written and oral exams. There are two multiple choice written exams, each on one half of the course with marks in fifteenths. Those who pass the partials can take the final oral exam directly, those who pass only a partial or no partial will have to take a final written exam and then the final oral exam. The final vote is out of thirty and takes into account the marks of the partial, any written and oral.
Contacts/More Information The professor receives at his office once a week (the day will be communicated in class) and he is always reachable by e-mail at bruno.pace@unich.it . The professor is also available for information on experimental thesis topics on seismology.
