Global Seismologi


Semesterangivelse: Forårs kursus Kurset udbydes i blok 4 Kurset udbydes i skemagruppe C Kurset giver 7,5 ETCS point

 


Udgave: Forår 2013 NAT
Point: 7,5
Blokstruktur: 4. blok
Skemagruppe: C
Fagområde: fys
Institutter: Niels Bohr Institutet
Uddannelsesdel: Kandidat niveau
Kontaktpersoner: Søren Gregersen, e-mail sg@geus.dk, tlf 38 14 24 50.
Skema- oplysninger:  Vis skema for kurset
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Undervisnings- periode: 22. april til 23. juni, 2013
Undervisnings- form: Lectures + Exercises.
Formål: The course gives a physical and mathematical description of the solid earth. The purpose is to present the earth's physical structure and its dynamics: stresses, strains and motions. Methods and results in studies of the solid part of the earth, i.e. from surface to center of the earth are presented, and the purpose is that the students in a competent way can debate these methods and results.
Indhold: P and S waves in the earth, travel times and amplitudes.
Surface waves and free oscillations. Seismogram interpretation and location of earthquakes. The structure of the earth from surface to inner core. Focal mechanisms of earthquakes and seismotectonics and plate tectonics. Earthquake prediction.
Målbeskrivelse: The aim of the course is that the students can competently discuss the topics mentioned under course content.
The highest mark (12) is given for excellent exam performance that demonstrates full mastering of the above mentioned teaching goals with no or only small irrelevant gaps. The grade 2 is given to a student who has achieved only minimally the course goals.
Lærebøger: Lay & Wallace: Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press 1995.
Tilmelding: Registration is at Selvbetjeningen 15. november til 1. december.
Faglige forudsætninger: At least one bachelor course on solid earth geophysics.
Formelle krav: None
Eksamensform: Oral examination (30 minutes) without preparation.
Re-exam: Oral examination (30 minutes) without preparation.
Internal censorship and graded according to the danish 7 step scale.
Eksamen: Mundtlig prøve d. 19. juni 2013.
Reeksamen: Mundtlig prøve d. 21. august 2013.
Kursus hjemmeside:
Bemærkninger: Kan være dansk, hvis kun dansktalende studerende følger kurset.
Undervisnings- sprog: Engelsk
Sidst redigeret: 29/10-2012



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