Stein S., Wysession M. An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure

Blackwell, 2003. — 512 p. — ISBN: 0-86542-078-5.Science is only worth doing if it is interesting and fun. Hence the goal of a textbook is to interest students in a subject, convince them it is worth the effort required to learn about it, and help them do so. We have tried here to do all three.
For seismology, these should be easy. It is hard to imagine topics more interesting than the structure and evolution of a planet, as manifested by phenomena as dramatic as earthquakes. Our goal is to address them via an introduction to seismology, which is one of the cornerstones of the modern earth sciences. Seismology has been defined as the study of earthquakes and associated phenomena, or the study of elastic waves propagating in the earth. By integrating techniques and data from physics, mathematics, and geology, seismology has produced a remarkably sharp picture of the earth's interior that is a primary datum for studying the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets. Seismologists have also learned much about the nature of earthquakes and the tectonic processes responsible for them. These studies are not of purely academic interest; seismology is the major tool for earthquake hazard assessment, hydrocarbon exploration, and the peacekeeping role of nuclear test monitoring.Basic Seismological Theory
Seismology and Earth Structure
Earthquake
Seismology and Plate Tectonics
Seismograms as Signals
Inverse Problems
Appendix: Mathematical and Computational Background