Reflection Seismology
Geology 4068
Fall 2013
Dr. Juan M. Lorenzo
Department of Geology and
Geophysics
Lecture and
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Monday
and Wenesday E202 7.30-8.20 a.m.
1+ Saturday field day (voluntary) |
Lab times |
2.30 p.m. - 5.20 p.m.
Mondays E217 Subsurface
Lab |
Office hours |
Tuesdays
and Thursdays by appointment
For
appointments and all correspondence
e-mail: gllore@lsu.edu
Subject:
GEOL4068
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Textbooks
for
Lecture-required (Liner)
and Lab-recommended
(Forel
et al.) |
Elements of 3-D seismology
by Chris L. Liner, 2004, 608 pp. Third Edition (Table
of Contents)
Seismic Data Processing with Seismic Un*x 2007 Forel, D. Benz,
T. and Pennington, W. 2007, 16 chapters, SEG, OK.
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Goals:
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Introduction to 2D and 3D seismic data
acquisition, processing and limitations of seismic interpretation in
the context of deep (0-10 km) and near-surface
(0-100m) seismology.
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Course work |
Bi-weekly
homework, lab homeworks, a field-based seismic
processing project (Visual communication skills), two midterm
exams. Two of the lab homeworks will be used to
emphasize technological communication skill sets.
Lectures will be dedicated to the
presentation of concepts covered by the course textbook and Labs will
be dedicated to exercises using academic seismic
processing software in the Subsurface Laboratory (E217). Lab
work will include processing of an unpublished seismic data set
collected by LSU students and faculty . All
homeworks and lab exercises, with the exception of the final project,
are due one week
after they are handed out, at the beginning of each class.
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Recommended
prior courses or experience |
Math I, II,
Physics-I, programming experience with a high-level language like
Excel, Matlab or Maple, Mathematica, etc. Web navigation. |
Course
Grades
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Final letter grades are calculated using the
results of weekly lecture
homework
and lab exercises and homeworks (30%),one midterm exam ( total of 20%), two technological
communication projects (25%) a visual communication project
(25%). A (90-100%) , B
(80-89.5%), C (60-79.5%) D
(50-59.5%), F (less than 49.5%) Graduate students taking this
course will be held to a higher standard, commensurate with their
academic seniority. |
Tentative |
Lectures
by industry
geophysicist: XX This semester we will have: XXX |
COLOR CODES |
In
Powerpoint (GREEN) format,
in MSWord (BLUE) format
and
as old html files, . |
Program Downloads |
Matlab programs for lectures
---> SEA
(self-expanding archive)
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Resources:
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Matrix
Multiplication in Matlab;
Matlab
tutorial
Computational
Tools for Geoscientists Notes (LSU)
Processing
102205 LSU line06 landstreamer data (LSU)
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This course is
certified as a �Communication-Intensive
Course� and meets all of the requirements explained on the CxC Web
site: http://cxc.lsu.edu.,
including the following:
Emphasis on formal and informal assignments in written and visual
communication, class time spent on communication, 40% of the final
grade based
on communication projects, revisions after faculty feedback on 2 formal
projects (one for each emphasis), and a student/faculty ratio of 35:1.
Because
it meets these requirements, students may count it toward
�Distinguished
Communicator� certification on LSU transcripts.
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Communication Intensive
Assignments
VISUAL
EMPHASIS
(written minor component) |
TECHNOLOGICAL
EMPHASIS |
Informal Activities
Students will sketch
conceptual models to describe physical processes attending wave
propagation |
During lab sessions,
students will
complete lab assignments modifying existing programs to answer achieve
specific goals established in the handout of the day. |
Formal Activities
Students will
develop visual
explanations to justify the use of different seismic algorithms and
show using resultant seimsic images the results of applying different
parameters. A general flow chart is required to explain the
overall goals of the project. A complete visual processing
sequence is required in the explanations of all of the
processing stages. |
Students will
develop software
(using Perl and Seismic Unix) that will render best results at each
processing stage for seismic data. Each student will develop two existing seismic
processing modules
with a perl wrapper. Each resultatnt module will be fully
documented using in Perl documentation language. Examples of
each
working module will also be provided by each student.
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Feedback
Draft-review-revise
process will
be implemented for developing an electronic document that includes
generation of
images to represent best-practices in the choice of processing
parameters. Computer Code (from technological project) can also be
included.
Each laboratory exercise (bandpass filtering and beyond) will form part
of the overall Visual Project.
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Draft-review-revise
process will
be implemented on each of the two modules targeted for development, and
which will require
students to program as well as generate technical documents.
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AUGUST
Lectures
and Labs
Mon
26 |
Introduction
to the Course-- Background quiz and poll
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Should
I take this class?
Take the following
test
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Mon 26-LAB |
Introduction to Linux, Perl and Seismic Unix
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Lab
exercises |
Wed 28 |
General
Properties of Waves |
Ch. 1 |
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
Mon
2
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Migration |
Theory Ch. 17-18 |
Mon
2-LAB
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Stacking |
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Wed
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Migration |
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Fri. 6
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Sat.
Dec 7
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Classes
End
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Fri. Dec 13
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e-mail : Dec
13-- Completed Technological
exercises- modules 1 and 2 Dec
13-- Visual Project must be completed
by 4.30
p.m.
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9-14
(Mon-Sat)
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Final
Exam Week
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AGU
9-13, San
Francisco |
Tue
17
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Grades
Due
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