{"product_id":"theory-of-seismic-head-waves-9781442639034","title":"Theory of Seismic Head Waves","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vlastislav Cerveny | Ravi Ravindra\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Waves \u0026amp; Wave Mechanics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHead waves - also called refraction arrivals, lateral waves, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eor conical waves - have been used extensively in near-earthquake studies, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003egeophysical prospecting, and deep-crustal seismological investigations. In the past, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eresearch was confined largely to the kinematic characteristics of the waves, but \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eemphasis is now being given to the dynamic characteristics: amplitudes, spectra, and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewave forms. In the last fifteen years, several new mathematical and computational \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003etechniques have been developed to study these waves.\u003cp\u003eThis is an advanced, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003etechnical book presenting a consistent theory of head waves, using methods developed \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ein the famous Leningrad school under G.I. Petrashen and his colleagues. It proceeds \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efrom a consideration of the simplest problem of one interface to a study of the \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003esituation in which there are many interfaces (some of which may not be plane or \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eparallel to one another) and the material between the interfaces is not necessarily \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehomogenous. The method is used principally, though not exclusively, that of ray \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eseries in which the displacement vector is expressed in terms of an asymptotic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eseries in inverse powers of frequency. The volume includes numerical data and an \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eextensive bibliography.\u003cp\u003eThis book is intended as a text for graduate and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003esenior undergraduate students in geophysics, and as a reference work for practising \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eseismologists and research workers.","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47813707497623,"sku":"9781442639034","price":4492.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781442639034.webp?v=1778337801","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/theory-of-seismic-head-waves-9781442639034","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}