May be repeated for credit. Advanced work in certain phases of geology or geophysics adapted to the needs of individual graduate students. May be repeated for credit. Includes examination of depositional models in relation to climatic, oceanographic, and tectonic influences. Includes examination of different depositional models in relation both to climate and to hydrographic and geographic settings, as well as three field trips.
Content varies from year to year.
May be repeated for credit. Calculation of synthetic seismograms for acoustic and elastic media using reflectivity, asymptotic, and finite difference methods. Migration of reflection data by finite difference, FK, and Kirchhoff methods. Travel time inversion. Also offered as CAAM 442 .