On Wednesday Virginia Tech had a guest lecturer from Stanford University come to talk to both faculty and students on the relationship between the three aspects of the title of this report. Amos Nur is a professor at Stanford and an AAPG lecturer. His expertise is in the area of geophysics, or a branch of earth science that employs physical measurement as well as mathematical models. After having to switch rooms a number of times he finally began his speech, where he started of with earthquakes. Professor Nur began by talking about the Sei ....