Exploration seismology. Volume 1: History, theory, and data acquisition

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6568213

Sheriff, R E; Geldart, L P

This book is intended both as a text for students in advanced courses and also as a reference book for persons engaged in seismic exploration. The theoretician and student need to appreciate what is practical, and practitioners need to understand theory and the possibilities it may suggest. The authors have tried to strike a balance between theoretical aspects and practical details, that is, to include sufficient theory to enable the reader to follow most of the current literature and enough practical details to make the book of value to the practicing seismologist. This book is structured to be as consistent and systematic as possible. Effort has been made to be consistent with mathematical conventions, definitions and symbols. It has been necessary, however, to use certain symbols for several purposes, mainly to conform to accepted practices. A listing of the mathematical symbols is given immediately following this preface. They give the systematic derivation of relationships from first principles of physics, except for a few cases where the derivations are excessively lengthy or involve higher mathematics.

• OSTI ID: 6568213
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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