Elastic wave propagation and generation in seismology:
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Main Author: Pujol, Jose (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
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Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-438) and index
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to tensors and dyadics; 2 Deformation. Strain and rotation tensors; 3 The stress tensor; 4 Linear elasticity -- the elastic wave equation; 5 Scalar and elastic waves in unbounded media; 6 Plane waves in simple models with plane boundaries; 7 Surface waves in simple models -- dispersive waves; 8 Ray theory; 9 Seismic point sources in unbounded homogeneous media; 10 The earthquake source in unbounded media; 11 Anelastic attenuation; Hints; Appendix A Introduction to the theory of distributions
This text bridges the gap between introductory textbooks and advanced monographs by providing the necessary mathematical tools to tackle seismological problems, and demonstrating how to apply them. Complete with student exercises, this book will appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers wishing to revisit the fundamentals
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 444 pages)
ISBN:0511076789
0511078358
9780511076787
9780511078354

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