Elastic Wave Propagation and Generation in Seismology

Jose Pujol

462 pages, parution le 20/06/2003

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Résumé

Seismology has complementary observational and theoretical components, and a thorough understanding of the observations requires a sound theoretical background. This book bridges the gap between introductory textbooks and advanced monographs by providing the necessary mathematical tools and demonstrating how to apply them. Each seismological problem is carefully formulated and its solution is derived in a step-by-step approach. The text includes student exercises (with hints), for which solutions are available on a dedicated website. This website also contains numerous downloadable programs for the computation of reflection and transmission coefficients, for the generation of P and S wave radiation patterns and synthetic seismograms, in infinite media.

This book will therefore find a receptive audience among advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in developing a solid mathematical background to tackle more advanced topics in seismology. It will also form a useful reference volume for researchers wishing to brush up on the fundamentals.

Preface
Introduction to tensors and dyadics
Deformation: strain and rotation tensors
The stress tensor
Linear elasticity: the elastic wave equation
Scalar and elastic waves in unbounded media
Plane waves in simple models with plane boundaries
Surface waves in simple models: dispersive waves
Ray theory
Seismic point sources in unbounded homogeneous media
The earthquake source in unbounded media
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

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Jose Pujol
Parution	20/06/2003
Nb. de pages	462
Format	17 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	935g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521520461
ISBN13	978-0-521-52046-1