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Seismic Anisotropy in the Earth
Babuska, V.; Cara, M.
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Hardback. Series: Modern Approaches in Geophysics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Structural geologists are well aware of the fact that isotropic rocks are quite exceptional in nature. Whicheverorigin, sedimentary,metamorphicormagmatic, rocks are shaped with a plane of mineral flattening, the foliation in geologists' jargon, and with a line ofmineral elongation, the lineation. Just like a good quarryman, a trained structural geologistwill detectapreferredorientationin an apparently isotropic granite. Preferred mineral orientation and thus structural anisotropy are the rule in nature. Consideringthe largevariationsinelasticcoefficientsofrock-forming minerals,itcould be predicted that, in turn, seismic anisotropy should exist and be important, provided thatdomains withasimilarstructural signatureare largeenough to affectseismic waves. This is why, in 1982 at a conference held in Frankfurt, ... Read more
Structural geologists are well aware of the fact that isotropic rocks are quite exceptional in nature. Whicheverorigin, sedimentary,metamorphicormagmatic, rocks are shaped with a plane of mineral flattening, the foliation in geologists' jargon, and with a line ofmineral elongation, the lineation. Just like a good quarryman, a trained structural geologistwill detectapreferredorientationin an apparently isotropic granite. Preferred mineral orientation and thus structural anisotropy are the rule in nature. Consideringthe largevariationsinelasticcoefficientsofrock-forming minerals,itcould be predicted that, in turn, seismic anisotropy should exist and be important, provided thatdomains withasimilarstructural signatureare largeenough to affectseismic waves. This is why, in 1982 at a conference held in Frankfurt, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
Series
Modern Approaches in Geophysics
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792313212
SKU
V9780792313212
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Reviews for Seismic Anisotropy in the Earth
'This is an excellent book for both students and researchers interested in the interpretation of seismic wave data in terms of an anisotropic description of the medium.' American Scientist 81:1 1993