Faculty of Science

Objectives

To study the Earth’s interior by finding the extent and location of discontinuities in the elastic properties of rocks using vibrations originating inside the Earth or artificially generated at the surface.

Contents

Basic Principles, Basic Principles, Basic Principles, seismic wave theory, dilatational strain, stress and strain in 3-dimensions, Seismic Wave Motion , wave equation and its solution, wave velocity, spherical wave solution, types of waves, Huygens' principle, geometry of seismic ray paths (ray path for refraction, 3-horizontal layers, multi-layer case etc.), geometry of reflection paths, Data Acquisition , seismic field procedures, refraction profiles, wave sources and their advantages, seismic receivers, detectors, and transducers, land surveys, marine surveys, Seismic Data Processing.