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Identification of Seismic Sources — Earthquake or Underground Explosion

Proceedings of the NATO Advance Study Institute held at Voksenåsen, Oslo, Norway, September 8–18, 1980

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  • © 1981

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  1. Eystein S. Husebye
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  2. Svein Mykkeltveit

    1. NTNF/NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 74)

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Table of contents (45 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  3. Earthquake Source Modelling

    1. The Nature of the Earthquake Source

      • Leon Knopoff
      Pages 49-69

    2. Dynamics of Seismic Sources

      • Raul Madariaga
      Pages 71-96

  5. Seismic Source Parameter Estimation

    1. Seismic Moment Tensors

      • D. J. Doornbos
      Pages 207-232

    2. Determination of Source Mechanism and Hypocentral Coordinates from Waveform Data

      • A. M. Dziewonski, T.-A. Chou, J. H. Woodhouse
      Pages 233-254

    3. The Effect of Green’s Functions on the Determination of Source Mechanisms by the Linear Inversion of Seismograms

      • Brian W. Stump, Lane R. Johnson
      Pages 255-267

    4. Simplified Bodywave Source Terms with One Application in Moment Tensor Recovery

      • Steven N. Ward
      Pages 269-272

    5. The Interpretation of Moment Tensor Inversions

      • Richard A. Strelitz
      Pages 273-275

  6. Seismic Wavefield Synthesis

    1. Coupling Near Source Phenomena into Surface Wave Generation

      • David G. Harkrider
      Pages 277-326

    2. On Seismic Synthesis

      • B. L. N. Kennett
      Pages 327-345

    3. Some Recent Extensions of the Reflectivity Method

      • Gerhard Müller, Wolfgang Schott
      Pages 347-371

    4. Isochronal Formulation of Seismic Diffraction

      • P. W. Buchen, R. A. W. Haddon
      Pages 373-381

    5. High Frequency Toroidal Modes

      • T. J. Clarke
      Pages 383-390

    6. Elastic and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Horizontally Layered Media

      • Bjørn Ursin
      Pages 391-393

    7. Calculation of Wave Fields in Mantle Velocity Models

      • M. R. Illingworth, B. L. N. Kennett
      Pages 395-396

    8. The Effect of Focal Depth and Source Type on Synthetic Seismograms

      • Keith K. Nakanishi
      Pages 397-399
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About this book

The subject of this NATO Advanced Study Institute was seismic monitoring under a nuclear test ban - an application of scienti­ fic knowledge and modern technology for a political purpose. The international political objective of a comprehensive nuclear test ban provided in turn the motivation for our technical and scientific discussions. In order to obtain a historical perspec­ tive on the progress of the work towards a comprehensive test-ban treaty (CTB), it is necessary to go back to 1958, when a confer­ ence of scientific experts in Geneva made the first steps toward an international seismic monitoring system. However, agreement on actual capabilities of a monitoring system for verifying compliance with such a treaty was not achieved, and thus the conference did not lead to immediate political results. After the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which banned nuclear explosions in the atmosphere, outer space and under the seas, renewed interest in the seismological verification of a CTB took place. A number of countries initiated large-scale research efforts toward detecting and identifying underground nuclear explosions, and it was in this context that the large­ aperture seismic arrays NORSAR and LASA were established. This type of development resulted in excellent seismic data in digital form and was thus of great irnprotance to the seismological com­ munity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • NTNF/NORSAR, Kjeller, Norway

    Svein Mykkeltveit

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Identification of Seismic Sources — Earthquake or Underground Explosion

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the NATO Advance Study Institute held at Voksenåsen, Oslo, Norway, September 8–18, 1980

  • Editors: Eystein S. Husebye, Svein Mykkeltveit

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8531-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1320-9Published: 31 August 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-8533-9Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8531-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 888

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy

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