Forensic Seismology and Nuclear Test Bans

Springing from 50 years' experience in forensic seismology research, this book charts the development of seismic data analysis.

Alan Douglas (Author)

9781107033948, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 March 2013

555 pages, 282 b/w illus. 3 colour illus. 35 tables 37 exercises
25.2 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.12 kg

With the signing in 1996 of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, interest has grown in forensic seismology: the application of seismology to nuclear test ban verification. This book, based on over 50 years of experience in forensic seismology research, charts the development of methods of seismic data analysis. Topics covered include: the estimation of seismic magnitudes, travel-time tables and epicentres; seismic signal processing; and the use of seismometer arrays. Fully illustrated with seismograms from explosions and earthquakes, the book demonstrates methods and problems of visual analysis. Each chapter provides exercises to help the reader familiarise themselves with practical issues in the field of forensic seismology, and figures and solutions to exercises are also available online. The book is a key reference work for academic researchers and specialists in the area of forensic seismology and Earth structure, and will also be valuable to postgraduates in seismology and solid earth geophysics.

Preface
Prologue
1. Seismology: ancient and modern
2. Statistical solutions to seismological problems
3. Seismograms as time series
4. Seismographs and seismograms
5. Seismometer arrays and processing methods
6. Seismogram interpretation and synthesis
7. Hypocentres and P travel times
8. Seismic magnitudes
9. Seismic source identification
10. Epilogue
Appendix A. P and S radiation from a double-couple source
Appendix B. Normal equations for analysis of variance
Appendix C. Some uses of the FFT
Appendix D. Anelastic attenuation
Appendix E. Transient and steady-state
Appendix F. Seismometer-galvanometer systems
Appendix G. Signal-to-noise improvement
Appendix H. Minimum-power filters
Appendix I. Circular arrays
Appendix J. Geometrical spreading for sP
Appendix K. Fourier integral
Appendix L. Tables of explosions and earthquakes
Appendix M. Album of body-wave seismograms
Appendix N. Exercises
References
Further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB], Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning [R]