Fundamentals of Seismic Wave Propagation

A graduate-level 2004 textbook introducing the theory of seismic wave propagation in acoustic, elastic and anisotropic media.

Chris Chapman (Author)

9780521815383, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 July 2004

634 pages
25.2 x 17.8 x 3.5 cm, 1.31 kg

Review of the hardback: '… mathematicians and mechanicians will certainly appreciate the author's elegant presentation of the field.' Physics Today

Fundamentals of Seismic Wave Propagation, published in 2004, presents a comprehensive introduction to the propagation of high-frequency body-waves in elastodynamics. The theory of seismic wave propagation in acoustic, elastic and anisotropic media is developed to allow seismic waves to be modelled in complex, realistic three-dimensional Earth models. This book provides a consistent and thorough development of modelling methods widely used in elastic wave propagation ranging from the whole Earth, through regional and crustal seismology, exploration seismics to borehole seismics, sonics and ultrasonics. Particular emphasis is placed on developing a consistent notation and approach throughout, which highlights similarities and allows more complicated methods and extensions to be developed without difficulty. This book is intended as a text for graduate courses in theoretical seismology, and as a reference for all academic and industrial seismologists using numerical modelling methods. Exercises and suggestions for further reading are included in each chapter.

Preface
Preliminaries
Nomenclature
Symbols
Special functions
Canonical signals
1. Introduction
2. Basic wave propagation
3. Transforms
4. Review of continuum mechanics and elastic waves
5. Asymptotic ray theory
6. Rays at an interface
7. Differential systems for stratified media
8. Inverse transforms for stratified media
9. Canonical signals
10. Generalizations of ray theory
Appendix A. Useful integrals
Appendix B. Useful Fourier transforms
Appendix C. Ordinary differential equations
Appendix D. Saddle-point methods
Bibliography
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Volcanology & seismology [RBC], Geophysics [PHVG]