Seismic wave propagation in stratified media.

Abstract

The first paperback edition (with corrections) of the 1983 hardback version is a summary of the advances in seismic source studies during the last 20 years. It is 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. Topics are covered systematically and include special aspects 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. -after Author