3 units
Offered: Summer 2027 (not offered), Spring 2027 (unknown), Fall 2026 (unknown)
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Earthquake magnitude, fault source physics and rupture mechanisms, earthquake location and ground motion estimation, geotechnical aspects, earthquake triggering and geodesy. Term project on a selected earthquake including computer-based analysis of source, mechanism, and location.
From the catalog
- Who can take it
- Not open to students with credit in GEOL 538.
- Grading
- LTR: Letter Graded. The class will be offered for letter grade with no option to take it for Cr/NC
- Repeatable
- Maximum 3 units.
0 sections in Spring 2027
GEOL 638 is not offered in Spring 2027. Check all GEOL classes for other terms.