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11 - The Effects of Heterogeneity

from Part III - Interaction of Seismic Waves with Heterogeneity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2020

Brian L. N. Kennett
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Andreas Fichtner
Affiliation:
ETH Zurich
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The theoretical foundations of the description of heterogeneity are established for both body waves and modal fields. We first consider perturbations of the wavefield using Born series and show how such concepts can be combined with the use of reflection and transmission operators to provide a flexible treatment of structures with varying heterogeneity in different zones of the model. Although the various modes of surface waves propagate independently in simple structure, the presence of heterogeneity induces cross-coupling that modifies the wavefield. Because the nature of heterogeneity differs in the various parts of the Earth, the interaction of different classes of heterogeneity has an important role in shaping the nature of the full seismic wavefield.

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Exploiting Seismic Waveforms
Correlation, Heterogeneity and Inversion
, pp. 255 - 276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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