Computational Seismology

Introduction: Seismology and Logic.- I: Automation of Seismological Surveys.- Computer Determination of Earthquake Epicenters.- Computer Determination of Earthquake Focal Depth.- Automatic Identification of Seismic Wave Arrivals.- Computer Determination of Earthquake Mechanism.- II: Seismic Waves.- Some Problems of the Use of P-Wave Dynamics to Find the Velocity Profile of the Upper Mantle.- The Effect of Focal Depth in the Crust on the Wave Field in the Initial Part of a Seismogram.- Approximation of Velocity Distributions for Calculation of P-Wave Times and Amplitudes.- Amplitudes of Fundamental Seismic Waves in the Mantle.- Interference Head Waves.- Method for Calculating Surface Rayleigh Waves in a Vertically Inhomogeneous Half-Space.- Higher Modes of Rayleigh Waves and Upper Mantle Structure.- Surface-Wave Amplitude Spectra.- III. Inverse Problems of Seismology.- Inverse Problems of Seismology (Structural Review).- Determining Seismic Profiles from a Set of Observations.- Expediting Body Wave Calculations.- Determining Seismic-Wave Velocity from Travel-Time Curves.- Properties of Surface-Source Travel-Time Curves.- Characteristic Properties of Deep-Focus Travel-Time Curves.- Finding a Velocity Profile from a Love Wave Dispersion Curve: Problems of Uniqueness.- IV: Statistical Applications.- Effect of Station and Source Factors on the Accuracy of Seismic Parameter Determination.- A Statistical Method for Determining Earthquake Focal Depth from the Record of One Seismic Station.- Local Statistics of Earthquake Catalogs.