Entry requirements

Bachelor's degree in physics

Learning outcomes

After having followed the course the student is expected to be able to :

• Account for the basic mechanism of fracturing in rocks.
• Describe important models for the development of fractures in rocks.
• Understand the dGPS technique and INSAR measurements and account for their measurement uncertainties.
• Derive the relation between the seismic moment tensor and the deformation in a homogeneous medium.
• Derive expression for the deformation around an edge dislocation in a homogeneous medium.
• Determine source parameters from observations of deformations in the near field of an earthquake.
• Determine source parameters for large earthquakes using broad band seismological observations, including the eigenoscillations of the Earth.

Content

• Fracture mechanics applied to rocks.
• Dynamic description of fracture development.
• Represenation of earthquake sources using idealised point sources.
• Green's functions for elastic waves.
• Determination of parameters by means of near field data.
• Determination of parameters for point sources by means of teleseismic data.
• Measuring deformations on the Earth's surface by means of GPS and INSAR.
• The relation between deformations on the Earth's surface and equivalent point sources.
• Distributed sources and mathematical models thereof.

Instruction

Lectures, home work, problem solving and computer exercises

Assessment

Written examination. The written examination corresponds to 8 ECTS and the compulsory part to 2 ECTS.