Fisica | SEISMOLOGY

cod. 0522600021

SEISMOLOGY

	0522600021
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"

	PHYSICS
	2014/2015

PERCORSO COMUNE Cohort 2013/2014

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	GEO/10	6	48	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF SEISMOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT GENERATE EARTHQUAKES, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP IDEAS ON THE STUDY OF SEISMIC PHENOMENA. APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS MUST OBTAIN ADEQUATE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ON SEISMIC OBSERVATION AND EARTHQUAKES MEASUREMENT, ON THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL MEASURES OF SISMOLOGICAL TYPE. MAKING JUDGEMENT: STUDENTS MUST SHOW ABILITY TO LEARN WITH CRITICAL SENSE THE METHODS OF ANALYSIS ACQUIRED FOR VARIOUS SEISMOLOGICAL TOPICS, EVALUATING ITS APPLICABILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY. THEY WILL HAVE TO ENRICH YOUR KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPING SELF-ASSESSMENT CAPACITY, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT SOURCES. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF PROPOSALS RELATIVE TO SEISMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALISTS AND NOT SPECIALISTS SUBSCRIBERS. THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR CHOICES, MOTIVATING CLEARLY WITH CAPACITY OF MEDIATION AND SYNTHESIS, DEVELOPED IN WORKING GROUP LEARNING SKILL: DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING SKILLS LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ON THEIR OWN, FOCUS ON STANDARD AND INNOVATIVE SEISMOLOGICAL METHODS

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF SEISMOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT GENERATE EARTHQUAKES, IN ORDER
TO DEVELOP IDEAS ON THE STUDY OF SEISMIC PHENOMENA.

APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS MUST OBTAIN ADEQUATE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ON SEISMIC OBSERVATION AND EARTHQUAKES MEASUREMENT,
ON THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTAL MEASURES OF SISMOLOGICAL TYPE.

MAKING JUDGEMENT:
STUDENTS MUST SHOW ABILITY TO LEARN WITH CRITICAL SENSE THE METHODS OF ANALYSIS ACQUIRED FOR VARIOUS
SEISMOLOGICAL TOPICS, EVALUATING ITS APPLICABILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY. THEY WILL HAVE TO ENRICH YOUR
KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPING SELF-ASSESSMENT CAPACITY, DEALING WITH DIFFERENT SOURCES.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
ACQUISITION OF APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF PROPOSALS RELATIVE TO SEISMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS,
WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALISTS AND NOT SPECIALISTS SUBSCRIBERS. THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THEIR CHOICES, MOTIVATING CLEARLY WITH CAPACITY OF MEDIATION AND SYNTHESIS,
DEVELOPED IN WORKING GROUP

LEARNING SKILL:
DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING SKILLS LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ON THEIR OWN, FOCUS ON STANDARD AND
INNOVATIVE SEISMOLOGICAL METHODS

	Prerequisites
	THE KNOWLEDGE OF TOPICS COVERED IN THE BASIC AND EARTH PHYSICS COURSES IS REQUIRED.

	Contents
	THE COURSE HAS THE GOAL OF MAKING THE STUDENT ABLE TO ASSIMILATE THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED AND KNOW HOW TO SOLVE A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SEISMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS: ELASTICITY AND SEISMIC WAVES. STRESS AND STRAIN. EQUATION OF MOTION. WAVE EQUATIONS. BODY AND SURFACE WAVES. RAY THEORY. EIKONAL EQUATION. SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION. SEISMIC SOURCE. FAULTS. MAGNITUDE AND SEISMIC MOMENT. CINEMATICS AND DINAMICS OF SISMOGENTIC PROCESSES FOCAL MECHANISMS. SEISMOGRAMS INTERPRETATION. SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK. SEISMICITY OF THE APENNINE CHAIN INDUCED AND TRIGGERED SEISMICITY

Contents

THE COURSE HAS THE GOAL OF MAKING THE STUDENT ABLE TO ASSIMILATE THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED AND
KNOW HOW TO SOLVE A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SEISMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS:

ELASTICITY AND SEISMIC WAVES. STRESS AND STRAIN. EQUATION OF MOTION. WAVE EQUATIONS.
BODY AND SURFACE WAVES.
RAY THEORY. EIKONAL EQUATION.
SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION.
SEISMIC SOURCE. FAULTS. MAGNITUDE AND SEISMIC MOMENT.
CINEMATICS AND DINAMICS OF SISMOGENTIC PROCESSES
FOCAL MECHANISMS. SEISMOGRAMS INTERPRETATION.
SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK.
SEISMICITY OF THE APENNINE CHAIN
INDUCED AND TRIGGERED SEISMICITY

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES AND EXERCISES IN THE CLASSROOM.

	Verification of learning
	ORAL, WITH EXERCISES, DISCUSSION ON THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF SISMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS TO EVALUATE THE ACQUIRED SKILLS RAGARDING THE SEISMIC PROCESS ANALYSIS.

	Texts
	T. LAY - T C. WALLACE, MODERN GLOBAL SEISMOLOGY, ACADEMIC PRESS A. UDIAS, PRINCIPLES OF SEISMOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. K. AKI – P.G. RICHARDS, QUANTITATIVE SEISMOLOGY: THEORY AND METHODS, FREEMAN EDITION. O. KULHANEK, ANATOMY OF SEISMOGRAMS, ELSEVIER. L.D. LANDAU – E.M. LIFSITIS, TEORIA DELL’ELASTICITÀ, EDITORI RIUNITI. A. ZOLLO, A. EMOLO, TERREMOTI ED ONDE, LIGUORI EDITORE