Geop.810      EARTHQUAKE SEISMIOLOGY                                     (3 C.H)

Historical development of global seismology, seismicity, earthquake sources involving shear faulting, instrumentation in earthquake seismology, quantification of earthquake, earthquake distribution, elasticity and seismic waves, one dimensional wave solution, three dimensional wave solution, earthquake size and scaling, focal mechanisms, body wave and ray theory, seismometery, seismogram interpretation, probabilistic seismic hazard calculation, seismic sources, earthquake kinematics and dynamics, seismic wave form modeling, computer modeling programs, seismic moment tensor, eigen values and eigen vector, inversion of moment tensor,  vector and tensor, can earthquake size be controlled by initial second of rupture, subsequent earthquakes, prediction of subsequent earthquakes, mathematical introduction to seismic tomography, tele-seismic tomography, anatomy of seismograms,  seismotectonics, imaging 3-D lithospheric structure using micro-earthquakes

Books Recommended

• An introduction to seismology, earthquakes and earth structure by Stein, S. and Wysession, M., 2002. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Quantitative seismology by Keiiti, A.K. and Richards, P.G., 2002. University Science Books.
• Elementary seismology by Richter, C.F., 1958. Freeman & Co. NY.
• Modern global seismology by Lay, T., and Wallace, C., 1995. Academic Press, INC.
• The mechanics of earthquakes and faulting by Scholz, C.H., 2002. Cambridge University Press.
• Historical Seismology: Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes by Fréchet, J.,  Meghraoui, M., and Stucchi, M., 2008. Springer.
• Microearthquake Seismology and Seismotectonics of South Asia by Kayal, J.R., 2008. Springer
• Earthquake early warning systems by Gasparini, P.  Manfredi, G. Zschau, J., 2007. Springer.
• Principles of seismology by Udaias, A., 1999. Cambridge University Press.
• Seismic tomography by Iyer, H. M. and Hirahara, K., 1993. Chapman & Hall.