Exploration Seismology: Second Edition
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 2/22/2010
EAN 9780521468268, ISBN10: 0521468264
Paperback, 628 pages, 27.2 x 20.8 x 3 cm
Language: English
This is the completely updated revision of the highly regarded book Exploration Seismology. Available now in one volume, this textbook provides a complete and systematic discussion of exploration seismology. The first part of the book looks at the history of exploration seismology and the theory - developed from the first principles of physics. All aspects of seismic acquisition are then described. The second part of the book goes on to discuss data-processing and interpretation. Applications of seismic exploration to groundwater, environmental and reservoir geophysics are also included. The book is designed to give a comprehensive up-to-date picture of the applications of seismology. Exploration Seismology's comprehensiveness makes it suitable as a text for undergraduate courses for geologists, geophysicists and engineers, as well as a guide and reference work for practising professionals.
1. Introduction
2. Theory of seismic waves
3. Partitioning at an interface
4. Geometry of seismic waves
5. Seismic velocity
6. Characteristics of seismic events
7. Seismic equipment
8. Reflection field methods
9. Data processing
10. Geological interpretation of reflection data
11. Refraction methods
12. Three-dimensionsal methods
13. Specialized techniques
14. Specialized applications
15. Background mathematics
Appendices
Index.
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