Seismic Wave Propagation Through Random Media
Monte Carlo Simulation Based on the Radiative Transfer Theory

This book presents the mathematical foundations of seismic wave scattering in random media for Monte Carlo simulations.

Haruo Sato (Author), Kentaro Emoto (Author)

9781316511152, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 November 2024

188 pages
25 x 17.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.48 kg

The solid Earth's medium is heterogeneous over a wide range of scales. Seismological observations, including envelope broadening with increasing distance from an earthquake source and the excitation of long-lasting coda waves, provide a means of investigating velocity inhomogeneities in the lithosphere. These phenomena have been studied primarily using radiative transfer theory with random medium modelling. This book presents the mathematical foundations of scalar- and vector-wave scattering in random media, using the Born or Eikonal approximation, which are useful for understanding random inhomogeneity spectra and the scattering characteristics of the solid Earth. A step-by-step Monte Carlo simulation procedure is presented for synthesizing the propagation of energy density for impulsive radiation from a source in random media. Simulation results are then verified by comparison with analytical solutions and finite-difference simulations. Presenting the latest seismological observations and analysis techniques, this is a useful reference for graduate students and researchers in geophysics and physics.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. RTT for the isotropic scattering model
3. Scattering of scalar waves in random media
4. RTT for scalar wavelet propagation through random media
5. FD simulation of scalar wavelet propagation through random media
6. RTT for vector wavelet propagation through random elastic media
7. Hybrid MC simulation using the spectrum division
8. Epilogue
References
Index

Subject Areas: Geophysics [PHVG]