| Lecture | Tuesdays and Thursdays E207 9.00–10:20 a.m. |
| Labs | Will replace lecture days |
| Office hours | For appointments and all correspondence
(please include course name exactly).
Email: gllore@lsu.edu
Subject: GEOL4107 |
| Textbooks |
Notes from Instructor |
| Learning Goals | Based on student responses during orientation week at LSU, I will focus this course on introducing fundamental theory and methods and technology of applied seismology for regions of the shallow Earth and planets (10 km or less) |
| Course Work |
Lectures cover textbook concepts which will be emphasized in homework exercises. Labs involve collecting rover-based seismic data in a large sand tank and analyzing the data using open-source, linux-based software. Written assignments, are due at the start of class on the assigned date. Always using full English grammar and syntax to explain the full reasoning process behind mathematical and physical derivations, including references. Take careful note of whether assignments should be emailed by the deadline to the instructor or are to be handed in as a typed and printed document. Late submissions will receive no course credit. |
| Background | Required: Undergraduate MATH and PHYSICS COURSES. Recommended: Physics I. Advisable: Some programming experience (e.g., Excel, Matlab, etc. ). |
| Assessment |
Grades are based on: final oral presentation (30%), final written project ( 30%) homework (40%), plus a bonus of up to10 % for in-class participation. In-class quizzes, presentations and participation can provide up to 5% bonus points. A-: 90-93.3, A: > 93.3-96.7, A+: > 96.7-100% , B-: 80-83.3, B: > 83.3-86.7, B+: >86.7 - 90%, C-: 60-63.3, C: >63.3-66.7, C+:>66.7-80%; D-: 50-53.3%, D: >53.3-56.7, D+: >56.7-60%), F (less than 50%) Graduate students taking this course will be held to a higher standard, commensurate with their academic seniority. |
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| Tue. 26 | Student surveys | |
| Thu. 28 | Class Syllabus review |
| Tue. 2 | Overview an expectations |
Presentation topics: Interferometry, linear seismic inversion, shear-wave splitting, full-waveform inversion, migration, Borehole seismology, Earth Structure revealed by Earthquake Seismograms, Convergent margin processes revealed by seismology , Distributed acoustic sensing, environmental seismology, induced earthquakes |
| Thu. 4 | General properties of waves for the month of September | Fourier Transform theorems, Amplitude and phase (Matlab) |
| Tue. 9 | Fourier Transforms theorems, Amplitude and phase (Matlab) | |
| Thu. 11 | Wave equation solution, Wave fronts, Elastic constants , S waves, P waves, ball and spring model (Matlab) |
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| Tue. 16 | Wave equation solution, Wave fronts, Elastic constants (H), S waves, P waves, ball and spring model (Matlab) |
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| Thu. 18 | Resampling (Matlab) | |
| Tue. 23 |
Resampling, interpolation, Spike, Phase (Matlab) | |
| Thu. 25 |
Convolution (M), Cross-correlation | |
| Tue. 30 | Autocorrelation (Matlab), Well data, Vp, density (rho) |
| Thu. 2 | Seismic events for the month of October | Synthetic seismograms (SUG) |
| Tue. 7 | Seismic events | Ray theory (SUG) |
| Thu. 9 | Mid-term exam handout | |
| Tue. 14 | Ray theory (SUG) | |
| Thu. 16 | no class | |
| Tue. 21 | Seismic Refractions (SUG) | |
| Thu. 23 | Seismic Refractions (SUG) | |
| Tue. 28 | Scattering (Matlab) | |
| Thu. 30 | Scattering (Matlab) |
| Tue. 4 | Reflection data analysis | SUG |
| Thu. 6 | SUG | |
| Tue. 11 | Surface waves | Geopsy |
| Thu. 13 | Surface waves | Geopsy |
| Tue. 18 | Seismic data acquisition | sources and receivers |
| Thu. 20 | Robotic seismic | Sand tank , PSL |
| Tue. 25 | Data analysis |
Written project deadline |
| Thu. 27 | no class |
| Tue. 2 | Class Presentations | Presentation rubric |
| Thu. 4 | Class Presentations | |
| Sat. 6 | Last day of classes | |
| Thu. 16 | Final grades due |