USU Geology 5660/6660 Course Materials, Spring 2026
Course Syllabus Announcements
Course Materials... Lab 1 Mat'ls: Benson Park-n-Ride 3m Seismic Data (RAS-24 files): Forward profile Reverse profile Xcel file for Gosport Attenuation estimation (Lab 2): Q_Lab2.xlsx
Class Meets MWF 2:30-3:20 in Geology 301B; Labs meet Wednesdays at 3:30 pm (same place)FINAL EXAM will be Monday, April 27 at 2:30 in Geo 301B!!! PowerPoint Lectures & Other Schedule Info:
5 January: Overview of Geophysics & Geophysical Imaging 7 January: Seismic Velocity; Huygen's Principle; Thought Exercise 9 January: Overview of the Course 12 January: Seismic Intro: Wave Types; Stress & Strain 14 January: The Wave Equation (where it comes from) 14 January: Looking Ahead: The Ghosts of Semester Projects Past 16 January: Seismic Instrumentation 21 January: Seismic Concepts: Snell's Law, Reflections, Refractions 21 January (Lab): Travel-time Picking; Lab 1: Picking in RAS24 23 January: Amplitudes: Partitioning, Geometrical Spreading 26 January: Amplitude: Attenuation and Quality Factor Q; Multipathing 28 January: Zoeppritz Equations 28 January (Lab): Lab 2: Amplitudes and Attenuation Estimation 30 January: AVO; The Refraction Method: Single Layer; Multiple Layers 2 February: The Refraction Method: Dipping Layers; Limitations; Non-Ideal Layers