Peter Shearer, x42260, pshearer@ucsd.edu
Website for class at http://mahi.ucsd.edu/shearer/227C/
We meet T,Th from 11 to 12:15 in the IGPP Munk Lab Conference Room.
SPECIAL DATE/TIMES for April 17-21. We meet Monday and Friday, 12:30-1:45. No class on Tuesday and Thursday.
I will be gone the week of May 1 to 5. Jesse Lawrence will present guest lectures.
There will be no final. Grades will be based on homework and a class research project/report.
Where We Are (Tu 4/4) Got through Introduction and most of Finite Difference notes (see Notes Part 1). (Th 4/6) Got though ray theory stuff, started Q. (Tu 4/11) Went through SAC notes, got to start of absorption band Q section. (Th 4/13) Finished Q section. (M 4/17) Discussed Warren and Shearer papers. Got to 4.21 in WKBJ notes (download Notes2 below) (F 4/21) Got to 4.57 in WKBJ notes. (Tu 4/25) Got to just before Disk Ray Theory in WKBJ notes (Th 4/27) Finished Disk Ray Theory, started Matrix Methods notes (Tu, Th, 5/2, 5/4) Jesse Lawrence lectures on receiver functions and S-wave splitting (Tu, 5/9) Finished Matrix Methods Notes (Th, 5/11) Started ITS Chapter 11 notes
Notes and other material
The Greek alphabet (PDF)
Notes Part 1 (PDF)
Spectral-Element Science paper (PDF)
Spectral-Element monograph (PDF)
FTP notes
SAC notes
SAC documentation
Warren & Shearer Q paper #1 (PDF)
Warren & Shearer Q paper #2 (PDF)
Notes Part 2 (PDF)
Notes Part 3 (PDF)
Notes Part 4 (PDF)
Article on UC borehole project (PDF)
News report on UC borehole project (jpg)
Kirchhoff notes (PDF)
PKKP Precursor Science article (PDF)
Reflectivity program notes
References for controversial seismology topics (PDF)
Scattering theory notes (PDF)
Assignments