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A breviary of seismic tomography : imaging the interior of the earth and sun /

This is the first textbook to cover the essential aspects of the topic at a level accessible to students. While focusing on applications in solid earth geophysics, the book also includes excursions into helioseismology, thereby highlighting the strong affinity between the two fields. The book provid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nolet, Guust, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ray theory for seismic waves
  • Ray tracing
  • Wave scattering
  • Body wave amplitudes: theory
  • Travel times: observations
  • Travel times: interpretation
  • Body wave amplitudes: observation and interpretation
  • Normal modes
  • Surface wave interpretation: ray theory
  • Surface waves: finite-frequency theory
  • Model parametrization
  • Common corrections
  • Linear inversion
  • Resolution and error analysis
  • Anisotropy
  • Future directions.