TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aki, Keiiti
AU  - Richards, Paul G.
TI  - Quantitative seismology
SN  - 9781891389634
U1  - 550.34 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - University Science Books
KW  - Seismology
KW  - Mathematics
N1  - Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Basic Theorems in Dynamic Elasticity
3. Representation of Seismic Sources
4. Elastic Waves from a Point Dislocation Source
5. Plane Waves in Homogeneous Media and Their Reflection and Transmission at a Plane Boundary
6. Reflection and Refraction of Spherical Waves; Lamb’s Problem
7. Surface Waves in a Vertically Heterogeneous Medium
8. Free Oscillations of the Earth
9. Body Waves in Media with Depth-Dependent Properties
10. The Seismic Source: Kinematics
11. The Seismic Source: Dynamics
12. Principles of Seismometry
Appendix 1: Glossary of Waves
Appendix 2: Definition of Magnitudes
Index

N2  - This new edition of the classic text by Aki and Richards has at last been updated throughout to systematically explain key concepts in seismology. Now in one volume, the book provides a unified treatment of seismological methods that will be of use to advanced students, seismologists, and scientists and engineers working in all areas of seismology
ER  -