Overview
- First comprehensive book that describes all aspects of instrumentation in earthquake seismology, in a sense the first general users' manual in the field
- Deals primarily with seismic sensors, their response functions, and how to calibrate and optimize the instruments
Part of the book series: Modern Approaches in Geophysics (MAGE, volume 22)
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About this book
This work offers a unique coverage of modern seismic instrumentation. It provides not only detailed information on the basic understanding of seismic instruments but it also includes an overview of current equipment on the market.
Furthermore, the following topics are included:
- installing seismic stations, networks, and arrays
- working with portable instruments
- calibrating instruments
- dealing with response information
- and teaching about seismic instruments.
This book is primarily intended for seismologists and technicians working with seismological instruments. The aim is that it should be used as a practical tool with only the amount of theory needed to understand the basic principles, and the answers to most practical problems should be found here.
This book is written in such a way that it is understandable for a broad range of professionals working with seismological instruments and seismic data, whether students, engineers, or seismologists. Both practical and theoretical topics are covered, with the main emphasis on practical aspects. The book is based on the authors' (seismologist and physicist) experience working in this field for more than 25 years.
Includes:
SEISAN and SEISLOG software systems that are available from http://extras.springer.com and http://www.geo.uib.no/seismo/software/software.html.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Authors have managed remarkably well, creating an excellent textbook on seismological instrumentation. … The book is directed to anyone working in earthquake seismology … . The book also may be useful to hardware servicemen and hardware designers … valuable for outlining the basic principles and most common instrumentation properties and constitutes a ready reference source. … the book will retain its value for many years and should find its place on a shelf at every institution that maintains a modern seismic station, array or network.” (Pawel Wiejacz, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 166, 2009)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Instrumentation in Earthquake Seismology
Editors: Jens Havskov, Gerardo Alguacil
Series Title: Modern Approaches in Geophysics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2969-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-5113-1Published: 23 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2969-1Published: 11 February 2010
Series ISSN: 0924-6096
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 360
Number of Illustrations: 103 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Earth Sciences, general, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences