Acoustic and Elastic Wave Fields in Geophysics, III

by Alex Kaufman, A.L. Levshin

Overview

This monograph is the last volume in the series 'Acoustic and Elastic Wave Fields in Geophysics'. The previous two volumes published by Elsevier (2000, 2002) dealt mostly with wave propagation in liquid media.

The third volume is dedicated to propagation of plane, spherical and cylindrical elastic waves in different media including isotropic and transversely isotropic solids, liquid-solid models, and media with cylindrical inclusions (boreholes).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444519559
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/11/2005
Series:	Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics , #39
Pages:	652
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

About the Author

Emeritus Professor A.Kaufman has 28 years’ experience of teaching at the geophysical department in Colorado School of Mines He received his PhD. in Institute of Physics of the Earth (Moscow) and degree of Doctor of Science from the Russian Academy of Science . From 1981 to 20015 he published 14 monographs by Academic Press and Elsevier, describing different geophysical methods. Most of them are translated and published in Russia and China. He also holds three patents, which found application in the surface and borehole geophysics. A. Kaufman is a honorary member of SEG.

Table of Contents

1. Hooke's law, Poisson's relation, and waves along thin bars.2. Basic equations of elastic waves.3. Elastic waves in a homogeneous medium.4. Plane waves in a layered medium.5. Surface waves in an elastic medium.6. Waves in a layered medium caused by linear and point sources.7. Propagation of elastic waves in a borehole containing a fluid.8. Plane waves in a transversely isotropic medium.Appendices.

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Last volume in the series 'Acoustic and Elastic Wave Fields in Geophysics'

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"This book by researchers with high international reputations in geophysics and seismology, completes this extraordinary series of three volumes devoted to acoustic and elastic waves in geophysics. It is extraordinary because of its thoroughness and completeness in presenting wave theory." —Peter G, Malischewsky, in NATURAL HAZARDS, 2007

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