Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | SEISMOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | PEG300 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | PEG200 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | - Basic geodynamics (Plate tectonics, Earth’s structure, Earthquake generation) - Earthquakes as point and finite source (Earthquake generation and location, Earthquake source and focal mechanisms, Earthquake magnitude scales, fault ruptures and models, Earthquake spectrum) - Origin of seismic waves (Fundamentals of wave propagation, Seismic wave attenuation, Basic measures of seismic motions) - Introduction to seismic hazard assessment (Basic principles, Role of uncertainties) - Ground-motion prediction relations and its use for seismic hazard assessment (GMPE forms and their use, basic deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard assessment) | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The course will be presented through formal lectures and tutorial sessions in class, as well as laboratory classes with hands-on experience by the students. The lectures will present to the student the course content and allow time for questions and discussion. Study cases will be examined and indicative examples will be also solved in class. The material will be presented using visual aids such as Powerpoint slides, which will be provided to the students, in addition to the notes taken by them. The course material, including laboratory work, will be made available through the class website and also through the university’s own e-learning platform. Custom publicly available or open-source software will be used for the data analysis and processing, which will be used both in the school infrastructure, as well as on the students’ personal computers, to be used for additional homework. | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |