Group 1 )‫بدر‬/ ‫سارة‬/‫(شريف‬

1) seismic waves and terminology

2) Wave propagation
a) Raypath geometry
b) Huygens’s principle
c) Attenuation of seismic energy
3) Physical and mechanical properties of rocks
4) Ray paths in layered media
a) Reflection and transmission of normally incident seismic rays
b) Reflection and refraction of obliquely incident rays
c) Critical refraction
d) Diffraction
5) Types of seismic waves.

Group 2 ‫ عبد الرحمن‬/ ‫مينا‬

6) Seismic energy sources

7) Detection and recording of seismic waves
8) Seismic data acquisition systems.
9) Seismic Refraction Surveying
a) Geometry of refracted ray paths Planar interfaces ( 1,2,3 layers)
b) Irregular (non-planar) interfaces
10) Methodology of refraction profiling.

Group 3 ‫اسالم‬/‫عبدهللا‬

11) Interpretational methods

a) Phantoming
b) Hagedoorn plus-minus method
c) Generalised reciprocal method (GRM)
d) Hidden-layer problem
e) Effects of continuous velocity change
f) Seismic refraction software
12) Applications of seismic refraction surveying
a) Engineering and environmental surveys
b) Rockhead determination for a proposed waste disposal site
c) Hydrological surveys
d) Location of a buried doline
e) Assessment of rock quality
f) Landfill investigations
13) Shear wave methods.