San Andreas Fault

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Seismology
GEOL 595-SP/L

Dr. Dayanthie Weeraratne
Dept. of Geological Sciences, CSUN
Live Oak Hall, Rm# 1203
Email: dsw@csun.edu
Office hours: Tues/Thurs 1-2pm

Text Book: Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure by Seth Stein and Michael Wysesssion
Supplementary Text: Introduction to Seismology, by Peter M. Shearer

Syllabus download: PDF

Lectures:

Week #1 "Introduction Seismology" PDF

Week #2 "History of Seismology" PDF

Week #3 "Waves on a String" PDF

Queen Charlotte earthquake, October 28, 2012 PPT

See Class Notes for Lectures on Chapters 1-4 (Shearer Text)

S wave Anisotropy PPT

Surface Waves (Chapter 8) PPT

(Lecture in PDF version) PDF

Links: Earthquakes around the world, today! Cascades Volcano Observatory International Tsunami Information Center Indian Ocean Tsunami USGS Earthquake Hazards General seismology links NASA: Rovers land on Mars! Geoscience Departments (U.S. & Canada)