Unit information: Seismology in 2009/10

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Unit name Seismology
Unit code EASCM0018
Credit points 10
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1A (weeks 1 - 6)
Unit director Professor. Helffrich
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Successful completion of third year of a Single Honours MSci Geology programme or A-level Mathematics

Co-requisites
School/department School of Earth Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

Earth structure; mathematical background; continuum mechanics; seismic waves, their reflection and transmission at interfaces; earthquakes and seismicity; seismotectonics; geophysical inverse problems; material properties; phase transformations.