Abstract

Preface 1. The scope of seismology 2. Elasticity theory 3. Vibrations and waves 4. Body elastic waves 5. Surface elastic waves and eigen-vibrations of a sphere 6. Reflection and refraction of elastic waves 7. Seismic rays in a spherically stratified Earth model 8. Amplitudes of the surface motion due to seismic waves in a spherically stratified Earth model 9. Seismometry 10. Construction of travel-time tables 11. The seismological observatory 12. Seismic waves in anomalous structures 13. Seismic waves and planetary interiors 14. Long-period oscillations and the Earth's interior 15. Earthquake statistics and predictions 16. The earthquake source 17. Strong-motion seismology Appendix Selected bibliography References Unit conversion table Index.

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