USU Geology 6690/7690:"Geodesy & Crustal Deformation" Course Materials, Fall 2023

Course Syllabus

Course Text (Geodesy Notes by John Wahr)


Class Meets: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:30-3:20 pm, in Geology 310

Reading Materials: Coming soon!

  • Luttrell, K. et al. "Constraints on the upper crustal magma reservoir beneath Yellowstone Caldera inferred from lake-seiche induced strain observations." Geophysical Research Letters 40.3 (2013): 501-506, for Wed 13 Sep
  • Borsa, A. et al. "Ongoing drought-induced uplift in the western United States." Science 354.6204 (2014): for Fri 22 Sep
  • Herring, T. et al. "Plate Boundary Observatory and related networks: GPS data analysis methods and related products." Reviews of Geophysics, 54(4), 759-808 (2016), for Fri 29 Sep
  • Bletery & Nocquet "The precursory phase of large earthquakes." Science, 381, 297-301 (2023), AND Substack comments by Bradley & Hubbard (First & Second) for Mon 16 Oct
  • Hamling et al. (2017) Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand. Science, 365(6334) for Wed 25 Oct
  • Jacob, T., et al. "Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise." Nature 482.7386 (2012): 514-518, for Wed 1 Nov
  • Bato, M.G., et al. "The 2020 eruption and large lateral dike emplacement at Taal volcano, Philippines: Insights from satellite radar data." Geophys. Res. Lett. 48(7) (2020), for Mon 13 Nov
  • Mey, M.G., et al. "Glacial isostatic uplift of the European Alps" Nat. Comm. 7 (2016), for Mon 4 Dec

  • PowerPoint Lectures:

  • 28 August: Introduction: Course Overview, Examples of Geodesy Applications
  • 30 August: Examples of Geodetic Applications
  • 1 September: Examples, Context: Terrestrial Geodesy (Triangulation, Leveling)
  • 6 September: Context: Terrestrial Geodesy (Triangulation, Leveling, EDM)
  • 8 September: Intro to GNSS Measurement
  • 11 September: On Critical Thinking; GPS Components
  • 13 September: Luttrell et al. (Morgan's pdf)
  • 15 September: GPS Measurement: Code & Phase
  • 18 September: GPS Measurement/Error: Ionosphere, Troposphere
  • 20 September: GPS Measurement/Error: Troposphere, Multipath, Loading
  • 22 September: Borsa et al. (Ethan's ppt)
  • 25 September: GPS Measurement/Error: Reference Frames
  • 27 September: Velocities, Reference Frames & Transient Perturbations
  • 29 September: Herring et al. (2016) (Alex's ppt)
  • 2 October: Reference Frames & Vertical GNSS
  • 4 October: GPS Tidbits; Introduction to InSAR Imaging (from Piyush Agram, JPL)
  • 9 October: Introduction to InSAR Imaging Continued...
  • 11 October: Introduction to InSAR Imaging Continued...
  • 13 October: Introduction to InSAR Imaging Continued...
  • 16 October: Bletery & Nocquet (Kitri's pptx)
  • 18 October: Bletery & Nocquet (further discussion)
  • 23 October: Gravity: Introduction
  • 25 October: Hamling et al. (Kitri's pptx)
  • 27 October: Gravity: Measurements (Terrestrial & Satellite)
  • 30 October: Satellite Geoid: Time-Variable; Ocean Altimeter
  • 1 November: Jacob et al. (Morgan's pdf)
  • 3 November: Gravity (Corrections: tidal, atmosphere, latitude; free air; Bouguer; terrain)
  • 6 November: Strain; Hooke's Law; Kinematic Velocity Modeling
  • 8 November: Kinematic Velocity Modeling
  • 10 November: Modeling of GPS Velocities (Flow Strain; Rigid Block; Thin Elastic Plate)
  • 13 November: Bato et al. (Alex's pdf)
  • 15 November: Mogi Sources and Volcano Modeling
  • 17 November: Modeling from Dislocation Green's Functions: Okada-type fault planes
  • 20 November: Okada Dislocation Modeling: Sumatra-Andaman Co- and Postseismic
  • 27 November: Back-slip and Seismic Hazard; Slow Slip
  • 29 November: Slow-Slip (SSEs) and Tremor
  • 1 December: Slow Slip; Postseismic Slip and/or Viscoelastic Flow
  • 4 December: Mey et al. (Ethan's pptx)
  • 6 December: Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA => "Rebound") Flow
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