541-0904/02 – Applied Seismology (AS)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Aleš Poláček, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Aleš Poláček, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Graduates of the course can handle the processing of seismological data.
Determination of the parameters of the Seismological pulse at the point of registration and at the place of its origin.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
Theory of seismic waves. Ways of earthquake waves registration , seismogram
processing – determation of the seismic focus and the earthquake mechanism.
Assessment of reliability of earthquake prognosis. Principles of the
microseimological methods a seismic effects assessment of blasting explosives
and gas blow-out, main principles of seismic zoning and microzoning.
Compulsory literature:
New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice, Volume I,II
Peter Borman, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam 2002
Shearer, P. M. (1999): Introduction to seismology. Cambridge Univ. Pr., 304
pages
Bolt, B. A. (1993): Earthquakes and Geological Discovery. W.H. Freeman § Co.,
229 pages
Sato, H. et al. (1997): Seismic Wave Propagation and Scattering in the
Heterogeneous Earth. Springer Verlag, 320 pages
Recommended literature:
Bolt, B. A. (1999): Earthquakes (4th Ed.). W.H. Freeman § Co.,
Keller, E. A., Pinter, N. (1995): Active Tectonics:Earthquakes, Uplift and
Landscape. Prentice Hall, 338 pages
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Seismic Waves and Earth Models
2. Seismic Sources and Source Parameters
3. Seismic signal and Noise
4. Seismic Sensors and their Calibration
5. Seismic Recording Systems
6. Site selection, Preparationb and instalation of Seismic Stations
7. Seimic Networks
8. Seismic Arrays
9. Seimic data Formats, Archival and Exchange
10. Data Analysis and Seismogram Interpretation
11. Intensity and Intensity Scales
12. Volacano Seismology
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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