Seismic tomography: look inside the Earth

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Free Online Course: Seismic tomography: look inside the Earth provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 11 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Seismic tomography: look inside the Earth is taught by Ivan Koulakov.

Overview
  • Welcome to the course “Seismic tomography: Look inside the Earth”.
    We will speak about the use of seismic tomography and its mathematical base, we’ll learn about earthquakes and find out how they start, also we’ll conduct some experiments and go on an expedition to Kamchatka.
    By the end of the course you’ll know the basics of seismology and how to use the technical instruments and programs in practice. So it doesn't matter what level you’re on. Complex things are explained with simple and accessible language. Geophysists, mathematicians, geologists, geochemists, petrologists, engineers and everyone interested will find a lot of new information and get the access to the author's research methods and scientific algorithms that are used by seismologists all over the world.
    The adventure begins!

Syllabus
    • Tomography as a tool to look inside the Earth
    • Look inside a volcano
    • Tomography: the must-know things
    • Doing tomography with natural sources