Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Applied Seismology

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0904/02
Abbreviation	AS
Course title	Applied Seismology
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Aleš Poláček, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Seismic Waves and Earth Models
2. Seismic Sources and Source Parameters
3. Seismic signal and Noise
4. Seismic Sensors and their Calibration
5. Seismic Recording Systems
6. Site selection, Preparationb and instalation of Seismic Stations
7. Seimic Networks
8. Seismic Arrays
9. Seimic data Formats, Archival and Exchange
10. Data Analysis and Seismogram Interpretation
11. Intensity and Intensity Scales
12. Volacano Seismology

Literature

New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice, Volume I,II
Peter Borman, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam 2002
Shearer, P. M. (1999): Introduction to seismology. Cambridge Univ. Pr., 304
pages
Bolt, B. A. (1993): Earthquakes and Geological Discovery. W.H. Freeman § Co.,
229 pages
Sato, H. et al. (1997): Seismic Wave Propagation and Scattering in the
Heterogeneous Earth. Springer Verlag, 320 pages

Advised literature

Bolt, B. A. (1999): Earthquakes (4th Ed.). W.H. Freeman § Co.,
Keller, E. A., Pinter, N. (1995): Active Tectonics:Earthquakes, Uplift and
Landscape. Prentice Hall, 338 pages

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