Seismic Waves in Laterally Inhomogeneous Media: Part 1

Front Matter....Pages i-1
The Discrete Wave Number Formulation of Boundary Integral Equations and Boundary Element Methods: A Review with Applications to the Simulation of Seismic Wave Propagation in Complex Geological Structures....Pages 3-20
Hybrid Seismic Modeling Based on Discrete-wave Number and Finite-difference Methods....Pages 21-38
Accuracy of Elastic Finite Differences in Smooth Media....Pages 39-76
Tube Wave Modeling by the Finite-difference Method with Varying Grid Spacing....Pages 77-93
Time Domain Scattering of Acoustic Plane Waves by Vertical Faults....Pages 95-112
Application of the Edge Wave Superposition Method....Pages 113-136
Diffraction by Plane Sectors and Polygons....Pages 137-153
Synthetic Seismograms in Heterogeneous Media by One-return Approximation....Pages 155-173
Radiation Patterns of Point Sources Situated Close to Structural Interfaces and to the Earth’s Surface....Pages 175-225
Computation of Additional Components of the First-order Ray Approximation in Isotropic Media....Pages 227-253
Coda Q as a Combination of Scattering and Intrinsic Attenuation: Numerical Simulations with the Boundary Integral Method....Pages 255-268
Attenuation Operators and Complex Wave Velocities for Scattering in Random Media....Pages 269-285
Derivatives of Reflection Point Coordinates with Respect to Model Parameters....Pages 287-317
Ray Tomography Based on Azimuthal Anomalies....Pages 319-336
Arrival-time Residuals and Hypocentre Mislocation....Pages 337-342