- Docente: Michele Dragoni
- Credits: 6
- SSD: GEO/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics of the Earth System (cod. 8626)
Learning outcomes
The student acquires a basic knowledge about the physics of seismic sources and the generation, propagation and recording of seismic waves.
Course contents
Introduction to theoretical seismology. The seismic source: faults, the seismic dislocation, the spectrum of seismic waves, magnitude and energy of earthquakes. Seismic waves: propagation in inhomogeneous media, seismic rays in the Earth, surface waves and dispersion, absorption of seismic waves. Effects of earthquakes: the Earth's free oscillations, the change in the Earth's rotation, the tsunami. Mechanics of fault systems: fault systems, faults as dynamical systems, discrete models of fault systems. Seismic hazard: probability of events, calculation of hazard, seismic scenarios.
Readings/Bibliography
The slides shown during the lectures are available in the website of the course. The set of slides, divided into chapters, contains an exhaustive treatment of the program and can be used as a textbook for the study of the subject. Further textbooks are suggested in the first chapter.
Teaching methods
Lectures with slide projection from computer.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Teaching tools
Computer and projector.
Office hours
See the website of Michele Dragoni