- Docente: Paolo Gasperini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: GEO/10
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Paolo Gasperini (Modulo 1) Alberto Armigliato (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics of the Earth System (cod. 8626)
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from Feb 28, 2024 to May 30, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student knows the phenomenology and the main data that characterize the great earthquakes and seismic cycles and learns the methods of seismic hazard assessment.
Course contents
Module 1 - Paolo Gasperini
Location and magnitude
Focal mechanisms
Statistical properties of occurrence
Deterministic forecast
Seismic hazard and risk
Macroseismology
Module 2 - Alberto Armigliato
Empirical distribution of seismic and seismic-induced phenomenologies
Notes on Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPE)
Land liquefaction induced by earthquakes
Instability of slopes induced by earthquakes
Tsunamis generated by earthquakes
Readings/Bibliography
Lesson slides
Teaching methods
Class lectures
Assessment methods
Oral exam of about 45 minutes
Three questions will be proposed.
The thoroughness and correctness of the answers will be evaluated.
The grade will be an arithmetic mean of the grades of each of the questions.
Teaching tools
Computer presentations
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Gasperini
See the website of Alberto Armigliato
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.