Lecture Schedule

Date	Day	Topic	Labs and Problem Sets
			Wednesdays 1-4 pm
Jan 20	T	INTRODUCTION: Principles of Reflection and Refraction Seismology
Jan 22	TH	NO CLASS
Jan 27	T	THEORY - Stress and Elastic Strain	Intro to Seismic Sections
Jan 29	TH	Wave Propagation I - 1-D waves
Feb 3	T	Wave Propagation II - Layered Media	P.S. #1 : Seismic Wave theory
Feb 5	TH	Velocity in Earth Materials & Seismic Events
Feb 10	T	Refraction Studies ≠ Field Methods	Refraction Field Exercise
Feb 12	TH	Refraction Studies ≠ Data Analysis
Feb 17	T	REFLECTION ACQUISITION ≠ Introduction and Survey Design	P.S. #2: Survey Design
Feb 19	TH	Acquisition - Field Techniques on Land
Feb 24	T	Acquisition ≠ Field Techniques - Marine	Saturday, Feb 21: FIELD LAB ALL DAY
Feb 26	TH	REFLECTION PROCESSING - Introduction
March 2	T	MIDTERM EXAM	Data Processing I
March 4	TH	Prestack Processing and Velocity Analysis
March 9	T	Common Midpoint Stacking	Data Processing II
March 11	TH	Migration
March 23	T	Depth conversion & Data Display Considerations	Data Processing III
March 25	TH	SEISMIC INTERPRETATION - Introduction
March 30	T	Structural Analysis	Interpretation - Horizons
April 1	TH	Structure II
April 6	T	Seismic Stratigraphy I ≠ clastic sequences	Interpretation - Complex Structures
April 8	TH	Seismic Stratigraphy II - carbonates
April 13	T	Bright Spots, Subtle Traps, etc.	Interpretation -Workstation Techniques
April 15	TH	High-resolution seismic reflection
April 20	T	3-D SEISMIC - Introduction	3-D Interpretation Project
April 22	TH	3-D Acquisition and Processing
April 27	T	3-D Interpretation I	3-D Interpretation Project
April 29	TH	3-D Interpretation II
May 4	T	Advanced Techniques - Seismic Attributes, AVO analysis	Project Wrap-up
May 6	TH	Near-surface methods
MAY XX		FINAL EXAM