KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course the student will demonstrate the basic knowledge and the ability to understand the key concepts and fundamental principles of the physics of seismic waves (i.e. their generation, propagation and analysis).
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
At the end of the course the student will be able to apply the knowledge acquired as a tool for advanced applications, e.g. multiscale study of Earth's interior and seismic hazard analysis.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
At the end of the course, the student will be able to recognize the basic concepts of seismology and will be able to apply them in the analysis of further applications.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
At the end of the course the student will be able to express themselves with language properties and exposure confidence on the themes of seismology.
LEARNING ABILITY
At the end of the course the student will be able to apply the knowledge and skills described in this syllabus for subsequent applications in the field of seismology (e.g. seismic tomography and seismic hazard).

Knowledge of mathematical analysis and of classical physics (e.g. mechanics).

Theory of elasticity: equations of motion, elastic waves, oscillation modes, dispersion, attenuation and scattering.
Seismic sources: fundamental theorems of elasticity, moment tensor, kinematic and dynamic models.
Seismograms: Green function, point and extended sources, heterogeneous anelastic models. Seismic Moment and Magnitude.
Inverse problem in seismology.
Seismic noise analysis (single station, arrays, interferometry),
Pinciples of earthquake location, site response analysis and Earthquake Early Warning Systems.
Fourier analysis of seismic data.

Stein, S., and Wysession, M., 2003. An introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure, Blackwell Science, 498 pp.

New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice (NMSOP-2), Bormann, P. (Ed.)(2012): New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice (NMSOP-2), Potsdam : Deutsches GeoForschungszentrum GFZ; IASPEI. https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.NMSOP-2


The link on Moodle to download all other course materials will be provided during the first lesson.

Theory of elasticity: equations of motion, elastic waves, oscillation
modes, dispersion, attenuation and scattering.
Seismic sources:moment tensor, kinematic and dynamic models. Seismic
Moment and Magnitude.
Seismograms: Green function, point and extended sources,
heterogeneous anelastic models. System theory and methods for the
seismic signal analysis. Dispersion and inverse problem in seismology.
Key words: seismic waves, seismic sources, seismograms

Class lectures that consist of the presentation of the theoretical contents. Some of their possible applications will be explored with an interactive and computational approach.

Detailed information available on the Moodle platform https://moodle2.units.it/

Individual oral exam consisting in a discussion about the topics treated during the course, with a duration of about one hour.

The exam will aim at verifying the theoretical knowledge of the discipline, the expression skills and the language properties of the students.

The exam will also test the student's ability to identify connections within the topics covered by seismology and with other related disciplines (e.g., engineering, applied geophysics) as indicated during the course

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)

Specifically, 2 "Zero Hunger" , 7 "Clean and Affordable Energy," 9 "Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure," and 11 "Sustainable Cities and Communities"