Anisotropic Seismology
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 13 December 2025
- 08 January 2026
- ISBN:
- 9781139031271
- 9780521199001
- Dimensions:
- (244 x 170 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 1.256kg, 590 Pages
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Book description
Seismic anisotropy is ubiquitous at both the microscopic and macroscopic scales. The goal of this multidisciplinary book is to introduce students and more advanced scientists to seismic anisotropy at different scales, from the microscopic (0.1 nanometer) scale to the Earth (1000 kilometre) scale, and to improve the reader's understanding of all active Earth processes. Drawing on both mineral physics and seismology, it presents the different geological, mineralogical, and geodynamical applications of seismic anisotropy, and argues that an understanding of seismic anisotropy is necessary to interpret all seismic, geophysical, petrological, and geological data This volume is an invaluable for graduate students and research scientists in seismology/geophysics, and will be of considerable interest to geophysicists working in petroleum exploration/production and to mineral physicists and researchers in geodynamics and fluid flow in rocks. With an overview of the main recent advances in research, it also provides the perfect starting point for further research.
Reviews
‘This state-of-the-art textbook on the theory and practice of elastic anisotropy, as applied to the study of Earth’s internal structure from the microscopic to the macroscopic scales, will be particularly useful for graduate students interested in seismic imaging at regional and global scales. It also illustrates the importance of imaging seismic anisotropy to constrain present-day dynamics of the solid Earth.’
Barbara A. Romanowicz - University of California, Berkeley, USA/Collège de France, Paris
‘Seismic anisotropy is a first-order feature of the Earth’s asphericity, reflecting its internal dynamics. This book offers an authoritative account of the origins and implications of anisotropy from both seismological and crystallographic perspectives. It provides an essential resource for anyone engaged in teaching or studying the subject.’
Hitoshi Kawakatsu - University of Tokyo, Japan
‘A self-contained introduction to seismic anisotropy at various scales, with sufficient scientific and technical details for its purpose, while also including citations for further reading. Since anisotropic properties carry a lot of information about our planet and the phenomena within it, many studies will benefit from including these principles in their investigations, for which this book will prove very helpful.’
Michael A. Slawinski - Memorial University of Newfoundland
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