An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure
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1 An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure Seth Stein Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Michael Wysession Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri SUB GSttingen B1602 Blackwell Publishing
2 Contents Preface, ix Acknowledgments, xi 1 Introduction, Introduction, Overview, Models in seismology, Seismology and society, Seismic hazards and risks, Engineering seismology and earthquake engineering, Highways, bridges, dams, and pipelines, Tsunamis, landslides, and soil liquefaction, Earthquake forecasting, Earthquake prediction, Real-time warnings, Nuclear monitoring and treaty verification, 26 Further reading, 28 2 Basic Seismological Theory, Introduction, Waves on a string, Theory, Harmonic wave solution, Reflection and transmission, Energy in a harmonic wave, Normal modes of a string, Stress and strain, Introduction, Stress, Stress as a tensor, Principal stresses, Maximum shear stress and faulting, Deviatoric stresses, Equation of motion, Strain, Constitutive equations, Boundary conditions, Strain energy, Seismic waves, The seismic wave equation, Plane waves, Spherical waves, P and S waves, Energy in a plane wave, Snell's law, The layered medium approximation, Plane wave potentials for a layered medium, Angle of incidence and apparent velocity, Snell's law, Critical angle, Snell's law for SH waves, Ray parameter and slowness, Waveguides, Fermat's principle and geometric ray theory, Huygens' principle and diffraction, Plane wave reflection and transmission coefficients, Introduction, SH wave reflection and transmission coefficients, Energy flux for reflected and transmitted SH waves, Postcritical SH waves, P-SV waves at a free surface, Solid-solid and solid-liquid interfaces, Examples, Surface waves, Introduction, Rayleigh waves in a homogeneous half space, Love waves in a layer over a halfspace, Love wave dispersion, Dispersion, 93 \ Phase and group velocity, Dispersive signals, 94
3 vi Contents Surface wave dispersion studies, Tsunami dispersion, Normal modes of the earth, Motivation, Modes of a sphere, Spherical harmonics, Torsional modes, Spheroidal modes, Modes and propagating waves, Observing normal modes, Normal mode synthetic seismograms, Mode attenuation, splitting, and coupling, 111 Further reading, 115 Problems, Seismology and Earth Structure, Introduction, Refraction seismology, Flat layer method, Dipping layer method, Advanced analysis methods, Crustal structure, Rocks and minerals, Reflection seismology, Travel time curves for reflections, Intercept-slowness formulation for travel times, Multichannel data geometry, Common midpoint stacking, Signal enhancement, Deconvolution, Migration, Data processing sequence, Seismic waves in a spherical earth, Ray paths and travel times, Velocity distributions, Travel time curve inversion, Body wave travel time studies, Body wave phases, Core phases, Upper mantle structure, Lower mantle structure, Visualizing body waves, Anisotropic earth structure, General considerations, Transverse isotropy and azimuthal anisotropy, Anisotropy of minerals and rocks, Anisotropy of composite structures, Anisotropy in the lithosphere and the asthenosphere, Anisotropy in the mantle and the core, Attenuation and anelasticity, Wave attenuation, Geometric spreading, Multipathing, Scattering, Intrinsic attenuation, Quality factor, Q, Spectral resonance peaks, Physical dispersion due to anelasticity, Physical models for anelasticity, Q/row crustto inner core, Composition of the mantle and the core, Density within the earth, Temperature in the earth, Composition of the mantle, Composition of D", Composition of the core, Seismology and planetary evolution, 210 Further reading, 212 Problems, Earthquakes, Introduction, Focal mechanisms, Fault geometry, First motions, Body wave radiation patterns, Stereographic fault plane representation, Analytical representation of fault geometry, Waveform modeling, Basic model, Source time function, Body wave modeling, Surface wave focal mechanisms, Once and future earthquakes, Moment tensors, Equivalent forces, Single forces, Force couples, Double couples, Earthquake moment tensors, Isotropic and CLVD moment tensors, Moment tensor inversion, Interpretation of moment tensors, Earthquake geodesy, Measuring ground deformation, Coseismic deformation, Joint geodetic and seismological earthquake studies, Interseismic deformation and the seismic cycle, Source parameters, Magnitudes and moment, Source spectra and scaling laws, Stress drop and earthquake energy, Earthquake statistics, Frequency-magnitude relations, 2 74
4 Contents vii Aftershocks, Earthquake probabilities, 278 Further reading, 282 Problems, Seismology and Plate Tectonics, Introduction, Plate kinematics, Relative plate motions, Global plate motions, Space-based geodesy, Absolute plate motions, Spreading centers, Geometry of ridges and transforms, Evolution of the oceanic lithosphere, Ridge and transform earthquakes and processes, Subduction zones, Thermal models of subduction, 308 ' Earthquakes in subducting slabs, Interplate trench earthquakes, Oceanic intraplate earthquakes and tectonics, Locations of oceanic intraplate seismicity, Forces and stresses in the oceanic lithosphere, Constraints on mantle viscosity, Continental earthquakes and tectonics, Continental plate boundary zones, Seismic, aseismic, transient, and permanent deformation, Continental intraplate earthquakes, Faulting and deformation in the earth, Rheology, Rock fracture and friction, Ductile flow, Strength of the lithosphere, Earthquakes and rock friction, Earthquakes and regional deformation, 3 64 Further reading, 366 Problems, Seismograms as Signals, Introduction, Fourier analysis, Fourier series, Complex Fourier series, Fourier transforms, Properties of Fourier transforms, Delta functions, Linear systems, Basic model, Convolution and deconvolution modeling, Finite length signals, Correlation, Discrete time series and transforms, Sampling of continuous data, The discrete Fourier transform, Properties of DFTs, The fast Fourier transform (FFT), Digital convolution, Stacking, Random errors, Stacking examples, Seismometers and seismological networks, Introduction, The damped harmonic oscillator, Earth noise, Seismometers and seismographs, Digital recording, Types of networks, Global networks, Arrays, Regional networks, 410 Further reading, 412 Problems, Inverse Problems, Introduction, Earthquake location, Theory, Earthquake location for a homogeneous medium, Errors, Earthquake location for more complex geometries, Travel time tomography, Theory, Generalized inverse, Properties of the generalized inverse solution, Variants of the solution, Examples, Stratified earth structure, Earth structure from normal modes, Parameter and data space inversions, Features of the solutions, Inverting for plate motions, Method, Testing the results with x 1 and Y-ratio tests, 440 Further reading, 441 Problems, 442 Appendix: Mathematical and Computational Background, 443 A.I Introduction, 443 A.2 Complex numbers, 443 A.3 Scalars and vectors, 445 A.3.1 Definitions, 445 A.3.2 Elementary vector operations, 446 A.3.3 Scalar products, 446
5 viii Contents A.3.4 Vector products, 447 A.3.5 Index notation, 448 A.3.6 Vector spaces, 449 A.4 Matrix algebra, 450 A.4.2 Definitions, 450 A.4.2 Determinant, 451 A.4.3 Inverse, 452 A.4.4 Systems of linear equations, 452 A.4.5 Solving systems of equations on a computer, 453 A.5 Vector transformations, 454 A.5.1 Coordinate transformations, 455 A.5.2 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, 456 A.5.3 Symmetric matrix eigenvalues, eigenvectors, diagonalization, and decomposition, 458 A.6 Vector calculus, 45 8 A. 6.2 Scalar and vector fields, 458 A.6.2 Gradient, 459 A.6.3 Divergence, 459 o A.6.4 Curl, 460 A.6.5 Laplacian, 461 A.7 Spherical coordinates, 462 A. 7.2 The spherical coordinate system, 462 A. 7.2 Distance and azimuth, 463 A.7.3 Choice of axes, 465 A. 7.4 Vector operators in spherical coordinates, 465 A. 8 Scientific programming, 466 A.8.1 Example: synthetic seismogram calculation, 466 A.8.2 A.8.3 A.8.4 A.8.5 Further reading, 473 Problems, 473 Programming style, 469 Representation of numbers, 470 A few pitfalls, 471 Some philosophical points, 472 References, 476 Solutions to selected odd-numbered problems, 486 Index, 489
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