TY - BOOK AU - Ammon,Charles J. AU - Velasco,Aaron A. AU - Lay,Thorne AU - Wallace,Terry C. TI - Foundations of modern global seismology SN - 9780128156797 : AV - QE534.3 .A55 2021 U1 - 551.22 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Elsevier KW - Seismology KW - fast N1 - Previous edition: 1995; Includes bibliographical references (pages 559-569) and index; Observational foundations. An overview of global seismology -- An overview of earthquake and seismic-wave mechanics -- Earthquakes and plate tectonics -- Earth motions & seismometry -- Seismogram interpretation and processing -- An introduction to earthquake location -- Earthquake size and descriptive earthquake statistics -- Earthquake prediction, forecasting, & early warning -- Tsunamis and tsunami warning -- Earth structure -- Theoretical foundations. Elasticity and seismic waves -- Body waves and ray theory : travel times -- Body-waves and ray theory : amplitudes -- Surface waves -- Free oscillations -- Seismic point-source models -- Seismic point-source radiation patterns -- Earthquake rupture and source time functions -- Imagining seismic-sources -- Imaging Earth's interior ER -