Elastic Wave Propagation and Generation in Seismology
Elastic Wave Propagation and Generation in Seismology
Bridging the gap between introductory textbooks and advanced monographs, this book provides the necessary mathematical tools to tackle seismological problems and demonstrates how to apply them. Including student exercises, for which solutions are available on a dedicated website, it appeals to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. It is also a useful reference volume for researchers wishing to "brush up" on fundamentals before they study more advanced topics in seismology.
- Bridges the gap between the introductory and advanced seismology books currently available
- Starts from first principles and progressively moves to more advanced topics, demonstrating all the necessary mathematical derivations en-route
- Student exercises and programs for mathematical calculations and data display are made available via the web
Reviews & endorsements
"I recommend it highly." William A. Schneider, The Leading Edge
Product details
June 2003Paperback
9780521520461
462 pages
247 × 175 × 23 mm
0.93kg
92 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction to tensors and dyadics
- 2. Deformation: strain and rotation tensors
- 3. The stress tensor
- 4. Linear elasticity: the elastic wave equation
- 5. Scalar and elastic waves in unbounded media
- 6. Plane waves in simple models with plane boundaries
- 7. Surface waves in simple models: dispersive waves
- 8. Ray theory
- 9. Seismic point sources in unbounded homogeneous media
- 10. The earthquake source in unbounded media
- 11. Anelastic attenuation
- Appendix A. Introduction to the theory of distributions
- Appendix B. The Hilbert transform
- Appendix C. Green's function for the 3-D scalar wave equation
- Appendix D. Proof of equation (9.5.12)
- Appendix E. Proof of equation (9.13.1)
- References
- Index.
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