Now available from Cambridge University Press ( North American website or UK website).
The topics covered include all that is needed for a comprehensive first course in seismology: stress/strain theory, the seismic wave equation, ray theory, tomography, reflection seismology, surface waves, source theory, anisotropy, and earthquake prediction. Detailed exercises follow each chapter, giving students the opportunity to apply the techniques they have learned to compute results of interest and to illustrate some of Earth's seismic properties. In several cases, computer subroutines are provided to assist with these exercises. Numerous illustrations accompany the text, including examples of seismograms and images of the global seismic wavefield.
This textbook is ideal for any introductory course in seismology taught to upper-division undergraduates or first-year graduate students and is especially suited for a one-semester class on seismology.