Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stress and strain
- 3 The seismic wave equation
- 4 Ray theory: Travel times
- 5 Inversion of travel time data
- 6 Ray theory: Amplitude and phase
- 7 Reflection seismology
- 8 Surface waves and normal modes
- 9 Earthquakes and source theory
- 10 Earthquake prediction
- 11 Instruments, noise, and anisotropy
- Appendix A The PREM model
- Appendix B Math review
- Appendix C The eikonal equation
- Appendix D Fortran subroutines
- Appendix E Time series and Fourier transforms
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The seismic wave equation
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stress and strain
- 3 The seismic wave equation
- 4 Ray theory: Travel times
- 5 Inversion of travel time data
- 6 Ray theory: Amplitude and phase
- 7 Reflection seismology
- 8 Surface waves and normal modes
- 9 Earthquakes and source theory
- 10 Earthquake prediction
- 11 Instruments, noise, and anisotropy
- Appendix A The PREM model
- Appendix B Math review
- Appendix C The eikonal equation
- Appendix D Fortran subroutines
- Appendix E Time series and Fourier transforms
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Introduction to Seismology , pp. 39 - 64Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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