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Northern Illinois University Course Info
Dekalb, Illinois
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GEOL 464
Earthquake Geophysics
Comprehensive overview of earthquake causes and effects. Review of recent destructive earthquakes and earthquake hazards. Locating earthquakes, estimating magnitude and quantitative evaluation of earthquake sources, first-motions, and stress conditions along seismically-active faults. Properties of the crust, mantle, and core deduced from earthquake waves. Earthquake triggering mechanisms, reservoir-induced seismicity, and earthquake prediction
Units: 3.0
Prerequisites:
GEOL 335 - Dynamics and Structure of the Earth