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Computational Seismology

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  • © 1972

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Editors:
  1. V. I. Keilis-Borok

    1. O. Yu. Shmidt Institute of Terrestrial Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

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  2. Edward A. Flinn

    1. Alexandria Laboratories, Teledyne Geotech, Alexandria, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction Seismology and Logic

    1. Introduction Seismology and Logic

      • V. I. Keilis-Borok
      Pages 1-9

  3. Automation of Seismological Surveys

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Computer Determination of Earthquake Epicenters

      • V. I. Keilis-Borok, L. G. Pavlova, I. I. Pyatetskii-Shapiro, P. T. Reznyakovskii, T. S. Zhelankina
      Pages 13-15

    3. Computer Determination of Earthquake Focal Depth

      • V. I. Keilis-Borok, S. S. Mebel’, I. I. Pyatetskii-Shapiro, L. Yu. Vartanova, T. S. Zhelankina
      Pages 16-24

    4. Automatic Identification of Seismic Wave Arrivals

      • E. P. Arnold, V. I. Keilis-Borok, A. L. Levshin, I. I. Pyatetskii-Shapiro, P. L. Willmore
      Pages 25-31

    5. Computer Determination of Earthquake Mechanism

      • V. I. Keilis-Borok, V. F. Pisarenko, I. I. Pyatetskii-Shapiro, T. S. Zhelankina
      Pages 32-45

  4. Seismic Waves

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Some Problems of the Use of P-Wave Dynamics to Find the Velocity Profile of the Upper Mantle

      • G. V. Golikova
      Pages 49-53

    3. The Effect of Focal Depth in the Crust on the Wave Field in the Initial Part of a Seismogram

      • G. V. Golikova, T. B. Yanovskaya
      Pages 54-61

    4. Approximation of Velocity Distributions for Calculation of P-Wave Times and Amplitudes

      • I. Ya. Azhel’, T. B. Yanovskaya
      Pages 62-69

    5. Amplitudes of Fundamental Seismic Waves in the Mantle

      • L. M. Kilinchuk, T. B. Yanovskaya
      Pages 70-82

    6. Interference Head Waves

      • É. N. Bessonova, G. G. Mikhota
      Pages 83-87

    7. Method for Calculating Surface Rayleigh Waves in a Vertically Inhomogeneous Half-Space

      • M. G. Neigauz, G. V. Shkadinskaya
      Pages 88-92

    8. Higher Modes of Rayleigh Waves and Upper Mantle Structure

      • V. I. Frantsuzova, A. L. Levshin, G. V. Shkadinskaya
      Pages 93-100

    9. Surface-Wave Amplitude Spectra

      • V. I. Frantsuzova, A. L. Levshin, G. V. Shkadinskaya
      Pages 101-105

  5. Inverse Problems of Seismology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Inverse Problems of Seismology (Structural Review)

      • V. I. Keilis-Borok, T. B. Yanovskaya
      Pages 109-113

    3. Determining Seismic Profiles from a Set of Observations

      • V. P. Valyus
      Pages 114-118

    4. Expediting Body Wave Calculations

      • V. P. Valyus
      Pages 119-122
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About this book

sense do not grow as fast as computational possi­ This book contains selections from Volumes bilities. I-V of the series "Computational Seismology," which Moreover, for some strange reason, comput­ was initiated a few years ago by the Academy of ers usually create a spirit of haste, though they are Sciences of the USSR. Volume V was still in prepa­ intended to provide time for meditation. In com­ ration when the translation was begun, and the trans­ puterizing seismology, therefore, one must first lations of papers from it were made from manu­ generalize the methods and then make them more scripts. Most of the authors are members of the rigorous mathematically. All relevant data must Department of Computational Geophysics of the In­ be processed jointly. Insofar as is possible, a priori stitute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow. hypotheses should be avoided. Particular attention The series is dedicated to theoretical and must be given to exact formulation of the problem, computational aspects of the analysis of seismolog­ to questions of uniqueness and stability, to the con­ ical data. The present state of this field is typical fidence limits of the results, etc. This general ap­ of our times. The rapidly increasing flow of infor­ proach is required in solving the main problems of mation is already too vast to be processed or even modern seismology, which are by definition general comprehended in a traditional way. This has forced problems. This approach has other advantages.

Editors and Affiliations

  • O. Yu. Shmidt Institute of Terrestrial Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

    V. I. Keilis-Borok

  • Alexandria Laboratories, Teledyne Geotech, Alexandria, USA

    Edward A. Flinn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computational Seismology

  • Editors: V. I. Keilis-Borok, Edward A. Flinn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8815-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Consultants Bureau, New York 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-8817-3Published: 29 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-8815-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 228

  • Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy

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