Basic theory of exploration seismology / by John K. Costain and Cahit Çoruh.

Author
Costain, John K. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2004.
Description
571 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    • Handbook of geophysical exploration. Section I, Seismic exploration ; v. 1. [More in this series]
    • Handbook of geophysical exploration. Seismic exploration, 0950-1401 ; v. 1
    Notes
    Accompanying disc contains complete "Mathematica" statements, notebooks and movies.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-563) and index.
    System details
    Minimum system requirements: Mathematica Notebook Reader; Mathematica add-on package called Signals and Systems needed for some of the computations and plots. Programs can be viewed only; licensing needed in order to change them.
    Contents
    • GROUNDWORK: Complex numbers
    • FOURIER TRANSFORMS: Signal nomenclature
    • The fourier coefficients
    • From fourier series to fourier integrals
    • Applications of fourier transforms
    • z-transform
    • COMPUTATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: Effect of analysis window on fourier spectrum
    • Aliasing
    • SYNTHETICS AND VELOCITY FUNCTIONS: Normal-incidence reflection coefficient
    • Values of reflection coefficients
    • The zoeppritz equations
    • AVO and zoeppritz equations in T-X domain
    • Synthetic seismograms
    • The reflectivity function
    • Velocity functions
    • Seismic trace attributes
    • TRAVELTIME CURVES AND VELOCITY: Snell's law
    • Reflection traveltime curves
    • Refraction traveltime curves
    • Composite refraction-reflection stacks
    • SEISMIC SOURCE WAVELETS: Energy sources
    • Mathematical descriptions of wavelets
    • Wavelet z-transform representation
    • WAVELET SHAPING AND DECONVOLUTION: Inverse infinite filters, finite input
    • Inverse finite filters, infinite input
    • Spectral whitening
    • Further applications of hilbert transforms.
    ISBN
    • 0080370195
    • 9780080370194
    • 0080445896 ((CD-ROM))
    • 9780080445892 ((CD-ROM))
    LCCN
    2006282542
    OCLC
    56640514
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