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GEOS-4174: Exploration Seismology

Description: Theory and application of seismic methods to engineering, environmental and resource exploration: reflection seismics, refraction seismics, and tomography. Data acquisition, digital filtering, data corrections, imaging, interpretation, and forward modeling.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 4 credits

Prerequisites: (GEOS-3104 and MATH-2214 and MATH-2204H and PHYS-2305) or MATH-2204

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 2

Average GPA: 3.21 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 28.35%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

John A Hole202245.0%38.4%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.212

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2020Fall 2022Term050% W