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Modern Global Seismology

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ISBN-10: 012732870X

ISBN-13: 9780127328706

Edition: 1995

Authors: Thorne Lay, Terry C. Wallace

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Intended as an introduction to the field,Modern Global Seismologyis a complete, self-contained primer on seismology. It features extensive coverage of all related aspects, from observational data through prediction, emphasizing the fundamental theories and physics governing seismic waves--both natural and anthropogenic. Based on thoroughly class-tested material, the text provides a unique perspective on the earths large-scale internal structure and dynamic processes, particularly earthquake sources, and on the application of theory to the dynamic processes of the earths upper skin. Authored by two experts in the field of geophysics. this insightful text is designed for the first-year…    
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List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 5/18/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 521
Size: 6.89" wide x 10.00" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Introduction
Historical Development of Global Seismology
The Topics of Global Seismology
Elasticity: Strain
Stress
Equation of Motion
Wave Equations: P and S Waves
Body Waves and Ray Theory: The Eikonal Equation and Ray Geometry
Travel Times in a Layered Earth
Travel-Time Curves in a Continuous Media
Travel Times in a Spherical Earth
Wave Amplitude, Energy, and Geometric Spreading
Partitioning of Seismic Energy at a Boundary
Attenuation and Scattering
Surface Waves and Free Oscillations: Free-Surface Interactions
Rayleigh Waves
Love Waves
Dispersion
Tsunamis
Free Oscillations
Attenuation of Surface Waves and Free Oscillations
Seismometry: Inertial Pendulum Systems
Earth Noise
Electromagnetic Instruments and Early Global Networks
Force-Feedback Instruments and Digital Global Networks
Seismic Arrays and Regional Networks
Seismogram Interpretation: Nomenclature
Travel-Time Curves
Locating Earthquakes
Generalized Inverse
Determination of Earth Structure: Earth Structure Inversions
Earth Structure
Seismic Sources: Faulting Sources
Equivalent Body Forces
Elastostatics
Elastodynamics
The Seismic Moment Tensor
Determination of Faulting Orientation
Earthquake Kinematics and Dynamics: The 1-D Haskell Source
The Source Spectrum
Stress Drop, Particle Velocity, and Rupture Velocity
Magnitude Scales
Seismic Energy and Magnitude
Aftershocks and Fault Area
Scaling and Earthquake Self-Similarity
Earthquake Statistics
Seismic Waveform Modeling: Body Waveform Modeling: The Finite Fault
Surface-Wave Modeling for the Seismic Source
The Source Time Function and Fault Slip
Complex Earthquakes
Very Broadband Seismic Source Models
Seismotectonics: Divergent Boundaries
Transcurrent Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
Intraplate Earthquakes
The Earthquake Cycle
Earthquake Prediction
Subject Index