Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Building the Seismic Wavefield
- 2 Stratified Media
- 3 Laterally Varying Media
- 4 The Reflection Field
- Part II Correlation Wavefields
- Part III Interaction of Seismic Waves with Heterogeneity
- Part IV Inversion for Earth Structure
- Appendix Table of Notation
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Stratified Media
from Part I - Building the Seismic Wavefield
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Building the Seismic Wavefield
- 2 Stratified Media
- 3 Laterally Varying Media
- 4 The Reflection Field
- Part II Correlation Wavefields
- Part III Interaction of Seismic Waves with Heterogeneity
- Part IV Inversion for Earth Structure
- Appendix Table of Notation
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The book covers propagation of seismic waves on all scales from the global to the local. We start by providing a discussion of the way that the higher frequency body wavesand surface wave components emerge from the normal mode spectra of the Earth for radially stratified structure. Thistreatment provides a formulation that links global and local concepts, which is exploited in later chapters. We introduce the description of seismic wave propagation in terms of reflection and transmission through zones of Earth structure and show how this enables understanding of the physical processes that lead to observed seismic signals.
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- Exploiting Seismic WaveformsCorrelation, Heterogeneity and Inversion, pp. 13 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020