地震構造特論課程大綱(胡植慶教授)

課程目標: 地球上每天都在發生地震，瞭解全球地震活動的分佈、以及探討它們發生的機制，是地震構造學的重要課題。本課程主要針對研究生地震地體構造的相關議題，針對一週內全球發生的地震以書報討論方式和主題研究，探討其成因和機制。
Every week images on global seismicity give us an excellent opportunity to the information of seismotectonics of the deadly impacts of a natural disaster around the world. Introducing the weekly earthquake activities in the world will guide us to better understand the causes of large earthquakes and where the potentially destructive earthquakes are located, thus this course highlight the seismotectonics of global earthquakes occurred in one week

課程要求：讓研究生藉由美國USGS全球地震網上網和哈佛大學全球CMT目錄，搜尋每週在全球發生的大地震事件，以書報討論方式和主題式研究學習地震發生的成因與地體構造的關係。
These weekly courses by the graduate students present current large events in the world from USGS Earthquake Hazards and Harvard CMT Catalog to discuss the possible causes for the reported events. The subject-oriented topic will focus on the following questions:
1. Where large earthquakes locate in the world every week?
2. What tectonic and mechanical causes these earthquakes?
3. Which tectonic regimes we have had frequent large events and why?

參考書目:
1. Stein, S. and Wysession, M., 2003. An introduction to seismology, Earthquake, and their structure, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 498.
2. Bolt, B., 2003. Earthquakes, 5th edition, W.H. Freeman, New York.
3. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
4. Harvard Global CMT Catalog: http://www.globalcmt.org/CMTsearch.html

評量方式：
50% 指定作業(Assignments)
50% 主題式計畫(Projects)