Seismology And Plate Tectonics

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This textbook is unique in giving an introduction to seismological theory and the principles of plate tectonics, as well as developing a practical approach to the reading and interpretation of seismograms

• Seismology And Plate Tectonics available on March 25 2017 from Indigo for 82.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521379953 ξ2 registered February 13 2015
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521379953 ξ3 registered March 25 2017
  
• ISBN bar code 9780521379953 ξ1 registered September 21 2015
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 978052137995
  

The book forms the basis for an introductory course to physicists, mathematicians and geologists. The early chapters give a general background in geophysics and elasticity theory, and present the standard results for the propagation of seismic waves radiated from large earthquakes. The main part of the text describes how seismograms are read and interpreted, explaining how the readings are used to locate the source of the waves, determine the sense of motion across the fault and to work out details of plate movements. Examples are included in which the reader has the opportunity to interpret seismic records and use them to find locations of earthquakes and determine their source mechanisms. The final chapter discusses plate tectonic theory, and gives the mathematical foundation behind the description of plate movement in terms of vectors.

^ David Gubbins (1990). Seismology and Plate Tectonics ISBN 9780521379953 (revised Apr 2016)
^ Seismology and Plate Tectonics by David Gubbins (1990, Trade Paperback) ISBN 9780521379953 (revised Aug 2021)
^ Seismology And Plate Tectonics Indigo. ISBN 9780521379953 (revised Mar 2017)