Seismic Tomography

Course Description

Theory and practice of seismic tomography and its applications to studying seismotectonics, volcanism and deep Earth dynamics.

Lecturer

Dapeng Zhao (Tohoku University)

Days

1 day(s)

Syllabus

(1) Introduction
(2) Principle of seismic tomography
(3) Basic theory:
1) model parameterization
2) ray tracing
3) earthquake location
4) inversion
5) resolution analysis
(4) Classification of seismic tomography
(5) Applications: Multiscale tomography and geodynamics
1) Local tomography
2) Regional tomography
3) Global tomography
4) Seismic tomography of the Moon

No lecture notes are available.
A reference paper will be given from the following website

http://www.terrapub.co.jp/onlinemonographs/meep/list.html

Lecture note files of this course can be downloaded.