Seismic Wave Propagation in Stratified Media
Authored by: Brian KennettPlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
Seismic Wave Propagation in Stratified Media presents a systematic treatment of the interaction of seismic waves with Earth structure. The theoretical development is physically based and is closely tied to the nature of the seismograms observed across a wide range of distance scales – from a few kilometres as in shallow reflection work for geophysical prospecting, to many thousands of kilometres for major earthquakes. A unified framework is presented for all classes of seismic phenomena, for both body waves and surface waves.
Since its first publication in 1983 this book has been an important resource for understanding the way in which seismic waves can be understood in terms of reflection and transmission properties of Earth models, and how complete theoretical seismograms can be calculated. The methods allow the development of specific approximations that allow concentration on different seismic arrivals and hence provide a direct tie to seismic observations.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781921536724
- ISBN (online):
- 9781921536731
- Publication date:
- May 2009
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/SWPSM.05.2009
- Disciplines:
- Science: Earth & Marine Sciences
- Countries:
- World
PDF Chapters
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- Introduction (PDF, 423KB)
- Coupled Equations for Seismic Waves (PDF, 156KB)
- Stress-Displacement Fields (PDF, 187KB)
- Seismic Sources (PDF, 264KB)
- Reflection and Transmission I (PDF, 227KB)
- Reflection and Transmission II (PDF, 518KB)
- The Response of a Stratified Half Space (PDF, 421KB)
- The Seismic Wavefield (PDF, 851KB)
- Approximations to the Response of the Stratification (PDF, 487KB)
- Generalized ray theory (PDF, 447KB)
- Modal Summation (PDF, 756KB)
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