Application of high-resolution geophysical methods to problems in seismic hazards, groundwater, hazardous waste, land subsidence, construction of critical facilities and landslides. Field and laboratory exercises. Field and laboratory exercises. Nonlinear optimization including grid search, Monte Carlo method, iterative methods. Examples selected from geophysical applications.
Computer laboratory exercises.
Offered alternate years. Application of physics and mathematics to investigation of tectonic processes. Basic continuum mechanics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Elastic flexture of the lithosphere, cooling of oceanic lithosphere, thermal and subsidence history of sedimentary basins, frictional heating on faults, thermal structure of subducted lithosphere, isostatic compensation, postglacial rebound, creep in rocks, mantle convection. Project and report required.