This book offers a practical understanding of the most common processing techniques in earthquake seismology. Covering manual and computer-assisted methods, it introduces the basic theory of each topic then includes practical examples and exercises.

The purpose of this book is to get a practical understanding of the most common processing techniques in earthquake seismology. The book deals with manual methods and computer assisted methods. Each topic will be introduced with the basic theory followed by practical examples and exercises. There are manual exercises entirely based on the printed material of the book, as well as computer exercises based on public domain software. Most exercises are computer based. The software used, as well as all test data are available from http://extras.springer.com.

This book is intended for everyone processing earthquake data, both in the observatory routine and in connection with research. Using the exercises, the book can also be used as a basis for university courses in earthquake processing.

Since the main emphasis is on processing, the theory will only be dealt with to the extent needed to understand the processing steps, however references will be given to where more extensive explanations can be found.

Includes :
• Exercises
• Test data
• Public domain software (SEISAN)
available from http://extras.springer.com

Only book of its kind Provides background, data examples, exercises and integrated software

Autorentext

Jens Havskov is researcher in the Department of Earth Science at the University of Bergen. Gerardo Alguacil is researcher in the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Granada.

Inhalt
Earth Structure and Seismic Phases.- Instruments and Waveform Data.- Signal Processing.- Location.- Magnitude.- Focal Mechanism and Seismogram Modeling.- Spectral Analysis.- Array Processing.- Operation.