Module Details

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Title SEISMOLOGY AND COMPUTING
Code ENVS229
Coordinator Dr B Edwards
Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Ben.Edwards@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

Understanding fundamentals of theoretical and observational seismology;
Familiarization with basic programming;
Understanding of and ability to analyse various seismological data sets.


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Knowledge and Understanding: On successful completion of this module students should have knowledge of and understand fundamentals of seismology and its applications.

(LO2) Knowledge and Understanding: On successful completion of this module students should have knowledge of and familiarity in programming in MATLAB.

(LO3) Subject Based Practical Skills:  On successful completion of this module, students should be able to (a) apply theory and methods to seismological data, analyse seismological data (b) program in MATLAB.

(LO4) On successful completion of this module, students should have developed their core transferable skills in: (a) communication (written); (b) numeracy through practicals and homework; (c) teamwork in practicals; (d) IT literacy, including programming skills, through practical classes; and (e) time management through completing practical classes and homework.

(S1) Computer Programming

(S2) Critical thinking and problem solving - Creative thinking

(S3) Time and project management - Personal organisation


Syllabus

 

Seismometers; earthquakes and their preliminary location at the surface; stress and strain relationship; elastic constitutive equation; the wave equation; types of wave: P, SH, SV waves; surface waves, including mechanics of Rayleigh waves; magnitude scales; ray theory; global and depth phases; shadow zone; Earth structure; travel time curves; ray parameter; phase and group velocity; dispersion; normal modes. Introduction to MATLAB as a numerical analysis tool.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: lectures (asynchronous online and/or in-person, as necessary) to cover topics in course syllabus.
Teaching Method 2 - Computer Lab Work
Description: workshops (with possibility of online synchronous delivery, if necessary) to cover programming problem sets with topics based on course syllabus


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           12

30

42
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 108
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
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CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
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% of
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mark
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opportunity
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Notes
Poster building on topics covered in syllabus and using figures produced in computer practical classes.  6 hours    50       
Computer based problem set started in class (with help) and completed in own time.  6 hours    50       

Recommended Texts

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