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Seismic wave propagation in stratified media

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1985
ISBN
9780521312196, 0521312191
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2082066 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics
Pages
298\298
Topic
Physics Geophysics
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2010-07-29 05:14:56

Description

The success of this book stems from its clear and concise, yet detailed summary of the advances in seismic source studies during the past two decades. Dr Kennett presents a mainly theoretical account of the passage of seismic waves from source to receiver, linking the theoretical development to the nature of 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 earthquakes. A unified framework is presented for all classes of seismic phenomena, for both body waves and surface waves. Each topic is taken up systematically, including many topics not normally covered in discussion of propagator theory, such as source representation theory, generalised ray theory, and the calculation of complete theoretical seismograms including all wave effects arising from the presence of the Earth's surface.

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