GPH 565 Seismic Modeling & Crustal Structures of the Arabian Peninsula

This course focuses on seismic wave characteristics, seismographic networks, tectonics of the Arabian Peninsula, seismotectonics and crustal structures, and seismic zones regionalization.
 
Selected Topics in Geophysics

GPH 565
SYLLABUS OF THE COURSE
  
1.  Seismic Wave Characteristics
 
2.  Seismographic Networks
 
3.  Tectonics of the Arabian Peninsula
 
4.   Seismotectonics and Crustal Structures
 
-    Crustal Structure
-     Waveform modeling
-     P-wave receiver functions
-     Lithospheric thickness
-     S-wave receiver functions
-     Seismic Anisotropy
-     Shear-wave splitting
-     Surface wave modeling
-     Upper Mantle P- and S-wave Structure
-     Teleseismic body-wave travel time tomography
 
 5.   Seismic Zones Regionalization