This course focuses on earthquakes, magmatism, thermal convection, material transportation, plate motion, and chemical reaction that are ongoing in the Earth.
Students will have the chance to tackle practical problems in the Earth by applying knowledge acquired through this course.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand global structures (seismic velocity, density, composition, temperature, rheology)
2) Understand global dynamics (plate motion, mantle convection, thermal evolution) and overview of actual phenomena
3) understand characteristics of seismic waves
4) understand source process of earthquakes
5) understand seismotectonics beneath Japan
Earth, Seismic wave, Elastic constant, attenuation, velocity model, fault, fault-plane solution, density, temperature, composition, convection system, volcanism, plate motion
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
The first 7 classes introduce large-scale structure and dynamics in the Earth (Lecturer is Prof. Iwamori), and subsequent 8 classes focus on seismic wave propagation and source process of earthquakes (Lecturer is Prof. Nakajima).
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Global structure (1): seismic wave and layered structures | seismic wave propagation and its relation to Earth's properties |
Class 2 | Global structure (2): density, momentum of inertia and material structures | gravitational compression, momentum of inertia, and phase transformation |
Class 3 | Global structure (3): thermal structure | various methods and estimates on thermal structure |
Class 4 | Global structure (4): rheological structure | rheology of rocks and its relation to global dynamics |
Class 5 | Global dynamics (1): energy and motion of the Earth's interior | energy sources driving global dynamics |
Class 6 | Global dynamics (2): seafloor spreading and plate motion | crustal heat flow (continent, ocean), seafloor spreading, and plate tectonics |
Class 7 | Global dynamics (3): mantle convection and thermal evolution | mantle convection, and overview of global dymamics and evolution |
Class 8 | Seismology and theory of elasticity | Fundamental seismology and the theory of elasticity |
Class 9 | Fundamental nature of seismic waves | Characteristics of seismic waves derived from the theory of elasticity |
Class 10 | Propagation of seismic waves and internal structure | Propagation of seismic waves |
Class 11 | Hypocenter and fault movement | Hypocenter determination and fault movement |
Class 12 | Ground motion and magnitude of earthquakes | Size of earthquakes and scaling law |
Class 13 | Seismicity beneath Japan (1): Crustal and megathrust earthquakes | Seismicity beneath Japan and its relation to tectonic condition |
Class 14 | Seismicity beneath Japan (2): Intraslab earthquakes | Seismicity in subducting oceanic plates |
Class 15 | Seismicity beneath Japan (3) : Seismotectonics beneath Kanto | The unique tectonics beneath Kanto |
None required.
None required.
Students' course scores are based on final exams and reports.
No prerequisites.