Quantitative Seismology, Vol. 1: Theory and Methods - Hardcover

Keiiti Aki; Paul G. Richards

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0716710587 ISBN 13: 9780716710585

Publisher: W H Freeman & Co, 1980

Synopsis

This updated edition provides a unified treatment of seismological methods.

About this title

About the Author:

Until his death in 2005, Keiiti Aki resided on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. His distinguished career included faculty appointments for many years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Southern California. Paul Richards has taught and conducted research for many years at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, where his work has turned to methods of monitoring earthquakes and underground nuclear explosions. His current research is focused on improving the accuracy with which earthquakes and explosions are routinely located around the world.

Review:

"An excellent study and reference book for seismologists well-grounded in the methods of mathematical physics. This updated version of Aki and Richard's classical geophysical text deserves a place in every serious geophysicist's library." ----The Leading Edge

"The continued popularity of this text is testament to the meticulous detail with which important mathematical formulas are derived; there simply is nothing of any importance that is glossed over or omitted." ----Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2005 (162)

About this edition

• Publisher: W H Freeman & Co
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0716710587
• ISBN 13: 9780716710585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 557