Prerequisites:
graduate standing or consent of instructor; familiarity with topics covered in
SIOG 223A.
This web page will
be a repository for class notes, assignments, and other items of possible
interest for SIOG 230 a graduate class on geophysical inverse theory. Class meets twice a week for 1.5 hours, and
will be a mixture of lectures, discussions, and some student presentations.
Students can select S/U or letter grades, which will be assigned on the basis
of participation in discussion, class presentations, and timely completion and
performance on homework assignments. Homework will include assigned reading and
problem sets, which will require the use of MATLAB, Python, or another suitable
programming language of your choice. It is assumed that you have (or will
rapidly develop) sufficient skill to use whatever language you choose for this
purpose. Homework will generally be graded on the basis of your written
commentary on how you solved the problem, including your ability to document
your mathematical and physical approach to the solution, and evaluate whether
you have arrived at a sensible result. Please make sure that homework submitted
electronically is in the form of a single concisely presented pdf file.
03/30/2021 : The first class will be March 30 at 2pm. I will give an
overview of Geophysical Inverse Theory from the Pragmatic Users Perspective.
Material will be drawn from a slide deck you can download from here.
My plan is to cover material from slides 1-20, which will set the scene for
initial lectures, and return to the remaining material later in the quarter. |
Syllabus :
Here is the list of topics,
a brief description of class goals and a list of supplementary references
including some linear algebra and statistics books. These will be updated as
we progress through the quarter. Bob Parker has made available his supplementary
notes from when he taught the class in 2009. You can download the pdf here. |
If you feel you need to brush up on
your linear algebra, read Appendix A of Aster et al. (pages 219-249 of the
first edition in the IGPP reading room or 283-314 of the 2nd edition if you have access to that). |
HOMEWORK
1: on 04/01, please bring to class your example of a forward problem of
interest. Be prepared to explain it to the rest of the class.
The slide deck I will
be working from during lectures will be made available as we go along. |