Introduction to Seismology
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This third edition provides a concise yet approachable introduction to seismic theory, designed as a first course for graduate students or advanced undergraduate students. It clearly explains the fundamental concepts, emphasizing intuitive understanding over lengthy derivations, and outlines the different types of seismic waves and how they can be used to resolve Earth structure and understand earthquakes. New material and updates have been added throughout, including ambient noise methods, shear-wave splitting, back-projection, migration and velocity analysis in reflection seismology, earthquake…
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Key features
- Offers a concise yet accessible introduction to seismic theory, with a focus on the mathematical fundamentals of global seismology
- Includes both revised and new examples, review questions and computational exercises, giving students the opportunity to apply the techniques they have learned to compute key results and illustrate Earth's seismic properties
- Computer code examples in this book are now in MATLAB®/Python rather than in Fortran
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316877111
- Subjects Applied Geoscience, Petroleum and Mining Geoscience,Earth and Environmental Sciences,Geophysics
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 11 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781316635742
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.97kg
- Contains: 243 b/w illus. 12 tables
- Page extent: 442 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 11 July 2019
- ISBN: 9781107184473
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.12kg
- Contains: 243 b/w illus. 12 tables
- Page extent: 442 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 07 May 2020
- ISBN: 9781316877111
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