The material in this volume provides the basic theory necessary to understand the principles behind imaging the subsurface of the Earth using reflection and refraction seismology. For reflection seismology, the end product is a "record section" from a collection of "wiggly traces" that are recorded in the field from which information about the properties of subsurface structure and rock can be derived. For the most part, the principles of imaging are the same regardless of the depth to the target; the same mathematical background is necessary for targeting a shallow water table as for investigating the base of the earth's continental "crust" at a depth of 30-50 km.
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"The material in this book provides the basic mathematical concepts and theory required to understand reflection seismology data sets used in exploration geophysics."
-Chengshu Wang, ZENTRALBLATT MATH, Volume 1096
"...well worth reading, giving, as it does, a good insight into the dissipation of seismic energy as a result of the irreversible conversion of particle motion into heat."
-Philip H.H. Nelson, in JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE
"...this book is a straightforward, no-nonsense mathematical explanation of the basic theory."
-R.E. Sheriff, in THE LEADING EDGE, FEB 2006
-Chengshu Wang, ZENTRALBLATT MATH, Volume 1096
"...well worth reading, giving, as it does, a good insight into the dissipation of seismic energy as a result of the irreversible conversion of particle motion into heat."
-Philip H.H. Nelson, in JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE
"...this book is a straightforward, no-nonsense mathematical explanation of the basic theory."
-R.E. Sheriff, in THE LEADING EDGE, FEB 2006
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Many funding agencies supported our research over the decades including the National Science Foundation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Maine Geological Survey, Sohio, Chevron, Southeastern Exploration and Production Corporation (SEPCO), and many others. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reverberation spike train, quadrature trace, reflection traveltime curves, body wave dispersion, wavelet interaction, predictive deconvolution, wavelet shaping, exact filter coefficients, center four diagrams, reflection moveout, source wavelet, pilot sweep, spiking decon, phase angle spectrum, bane dome, integrated energy spectra, deconvolved trace, reversed refraction profile, recorded seismic trace, vibroseis data, wavelet integration, single dipping interface, amplitude balancing, traveltime equation, zoeppritz equations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Many funding agencies supported our research over the decades including the National Science Foundation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Maine Geological Survey, Sohio, Chevron, Southeastern Exploration and Production Corporation (SEPCO), and many others. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reverberation spike train, quadrature trace, reflection traveltime curves, body wave dispersion, wavelet interaction, predictive deconvolution, wavelet shaping, exact filter coefficients, center four diagrams, reflection moveout, source wavelet, pilot sweep, spiking decon, phase angle spectrum, bane dome, integrated energy spectra, deconvolved trace, reversed refraction profile, recorded seismic trace, vibroseis data, wavelet integration, single dipping interface, amplitude balancing, traveltime equation, zoeppritz equations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Virginia Tech, Hertz Figure, United States, Mathematica's Fourier, Pen Branch, Analysis Synthesis, South Carolina, Ramp Analytic Convolution New!
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- Multichannel Time Series Analysis by Robinson on page 47, page 365, and Back Matter
- Multichannel Time Series Analysis With Digital Computer Programs by Enders A. Robinson on page 47, page 365, and Back Matter
- Discrete-Time Signal Processing (2nd Edition) (Prentice-Hall Signal Processing Series) by Alan V. Oppenheim on page 45, and Back Matter
- Seismic Inversion and Deconvolution: Part B: Dual-Sensor Technology (Handbook of Geophysical Exploration: Seismic Exploration) by E.A. Robinson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Hartley Transform (Oxford Engineering Science Series) by Ronald N. Bracewell on page 89, and Back Matter
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