Elastic Wave Propagation in Stratified Media

DOI10.1016/S0065-2156(08)70331-4zbMath0496.73025MaRDI QIDQ3960228

B. L. N. Kennett

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Advances in Applied Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

seismic; reflection; dispersion curves; propagator; couple; spectral method; dipole; fluid layer; elastic waves; matrix formulation; fundamental matrices; free surface effects; vertical inhomogeneity; single force; decomposition of wavefield; excited by point sources of various types; factorized refraction matrices; first order state equation; Fourier-Bessel transform over time and horizontal coordinates; horizontally stratified solid; P-SV waves; proper transformations; radiation pattern of sources in infinite solid; SH- waves; slowness method; stack of uniform layers; state-of-the-art-review; stress-displacement state vector; transmission at interfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74J10: Bulk waves in solid mechanics

74H45: Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics

74J15: Surface waves in solid mechanics

74J20: Wave scattering in solid mechanics

76Q05: Hydro- and aero-acoustics

74J25: Inverse problems for waves in solid mechanics

74H50: Random vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics

74J99: Waves in solid mechanics

74L05: Geophysical solid mechanics

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