<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, Physics 1A (or 1AH), 1B (or 1BH). Recommended: course 71, Mathematics 33B. Earth mantle and core. Elasticity, seismic wave equation, ray theory, travel time inversion, surface waves, free oscillations. Earthquakes and source theory. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences

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College of Letters and Science

The disciplines of geology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleobiology, and space physics are concerned with the structure and evolution of the solar system, Earth, and life.

General Catalog

Introduction to Seismology

EPS SCI 122

4 units