Subject Code: ES6L207 Subject Name: Seismology L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite:
  Introduction to seismology; Elasticity; Stress-strain relationships; Equations of motion, seismic wave equations; Body waves and ray theory; Partitioning of energy; Attenuation, anisotropy and anelasticity; Travel times in layered media; Surface waves dispersion and free oscillations; Seismometry and Principles of Digital seismographs; Seismic observatory practices; Seismogram interpretation – Nomenclature of seismic phases; Body wave travel times in earth; Internal structure and composition of the earth; Earthquakes – Seismic sources, Directivity, Scaling laws, Magnitude scales, Location; Focal mechanisms; Moment tensors; Stress drop; Earthquake characteristics, effects and distribution; Seismotectonics; Earthquake prediction; Seismic hazard and risk; Waveform modelling and Inverse problems.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Shearer, Peter M., Introduction to Seismology, Cambridge University Press.
  2. Aki, K. And P. G. Richards, Quantitative Seismology, University Science Books.
  3. Lay, T. And T. Wallace, Modern Global Seismology, Academic Press
  4. Tarantola, A. Inverse Problem Theory and Methods for Model Parameter Estimation,  SIAM