COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEISMIC SOURCE THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DJJ 6004 SEISMIC SOURCE THEORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ATILLA ULUĞ

Offered to

MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

Course Objective

To contribute to the improvement of students in terms of thesis writing, the determination of topic and methodology by helping graduate students to get analytical, creative and scientific thinking skills.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   given practical information which is a source of natural energy centers and mechanisms of earthquakes theoretical.
2   Information about the energy sources used in marine seismic surveys
3   Isotropic solution of the wave equation and rate Elastodynamics, Greens function
4   Examples of point sources and radiation, moving sources, source mechanism
5   Comparison of energy sources are described and other acoustic transducers

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Seismic sources and the solution of the wave equation Basic information on seismic sources.
2 Wave propagation in isotropic environments Determining Elasto-dynamic wave equation. Determining Green's function and its applications.
3 The size and volume of seismic sources. Magnitudes as a seismic source
4 What is the seismic energy Energy-size relationship. Some models of the seismic source volume.
5 Examples of mechanisms and radiation source. Examples of radiation and the source mechanism solving.
6 Single and double strong point sources. S waves and their polarization angles, surface-wave applications. Source mechanism of plate tectonics and the relationship with the data.
7 I. MID-TERM.
8 Suspension resources. Teleseismic events and ruptures wave propagation.
9 Phase ratio and directivity function. From the finite-dimensional body waves emitted. Seismic moment, source time function.
10 Acoustic resources. And emission of an acoustic wave equation solution.
11 Basic information on the sources of acoustic energy. Acoustic energy resources is significant. Acoustic correction factors of the sources and solution techniques.
12 Information on the various types of acoustic source. Transducer resources, Pinger, Uniboom, Boomer, Sparker systems. Dynamite and explosives, Flexotir, Maxipulse systems.
13 Aquapulse (sleeve exploder), Vaporchoc (steam gun) systems. Flexichoc, air gun (Airgun), water gun (watergun) systems.
14 II. MID-TERM

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Earthquake Mechanics by K. Kasahara, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1981.
2) Quantitative Seismology by K.Aki & P.G.Richards, W.H.Freeman Company, San Francisco, 1980.
3) Erdbeben by G. Schneider, Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 1975.
4) Synthetic Seismic Pulses from Propagating Faults by H. Berckhemer & K.H. Jacob, Berichte des Instituts für Meteorologie und Geophysik, No: 7, Frankfurt am Main, 1965.
5) Investigation of Dynamical Process in Earthquake Foci by Analyzing the Pulse Shape of Body Waves by H. Berckhemer and K.H. Jacob, Berichte des Instituts für Meteorologie und Geophysik, No: 13, Frankfurt am Main, 1968.
6) Frequenzabhaengigkeit von Q seismischer Raumwellen im Erdmantel by A. Ulug, Berichte des Instituts für Meteorologie und Geophysik, No: 49, Im Eigenverlag des Instituts, Frankfurt am Main, 1983.
7) Frequency Dependence of Q for Seismic Body Waves in the Earth s Mantle by A. Ulug & H. Berckhemer, J. Geophys., 56, 9-19, 1984.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

presentation
homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are assessed by their study on literature survey on the topic, data collection, compilation, analysis and reporting on the results and their ability to report on the subject prepared by the end of the term.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

atilla.ulug@deu.edu.tr
0 232 278 5565

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 2 25 50
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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