An Introduction to Seismological Research
History and Development
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 26 October 1990
- ISBN 9780521385718
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages200 pages
- Size 234x156x13 mm
- Weight 460 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A study of seismological concepts, how they originated and how they form our modern understanding of the science.
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Modern seismology is a relatively new science; most current ideas originated no earlier than the latter half of the nineteenth century. The focus of this book is on seismological concepts, how they originated and how they form our modern understanding of the science. A history of seismology falls naturally into four periods: a largely mythological period previous to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake; a period of direct observation from then to the development of seismometers in the late 19th century; a period during which study of seismic arrival times were used to outline the structure of the earth's interior extending to the 1960s; the modern era in which all aspects of seismic waves are used in combination with trial models and computers to elucidate details of the earthquake process. This history attempts to show how modern ideas grew from simple beginnings. Ideas are rarely new, and their first presentations are often neglected until someone is able to present the evidence for their correctness convincingly. Much care has been used to give the earliest sources of ideas and to reference the basic papers on all aspects of earthquake seismology to help investigators find such references in tracing the roots of their own work.
"...an important and accessible contribution to the technical history of geophysics that is neither a traditional topical history nor textbook, but a valuable hybrid with historical and technical features...successfully seeks to acquaint the nonspecialists with the main facts and methods in the largely 20th century history of seismic geophysics....Professors, researchers, and graduate students will find Howell's work a valuable resource and example." Gerardo G. Tango, Earth Science History
Table of Contents:
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Cause of earthquakes; 3. Seismicity and prediction; 4. Instruments; 5. Seismic pulses and the internal structure of the earth; 6. Quantification; 7. Attenuation; 8. Microseisms; 9. Tsunamis; Appendix I; References; Index.
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