Books on Earth and Planetary Sciences - Geophysics Books

Deconvolution and Inverse Theory - book by Dimri, V.

DESCRIPTION: This is the first study to present simultaneously both deconvolution and inversion, two powerful tools of data analysis. Featured within this volume are various geophysical convolution models and a treatment of deconvolution for a time-varying signal. The single channel time-varying dec... view more info and the price of this book.

Seismic Amplitude Inversion in Reflection Tomography - book by Wang, Y.

DESCRIPTION: This is the first book of its kind on seismic amplitude inversion in the context of reflection tomography. The aim of the monograph is to advocate the use of ray-amplitude data, separately or jointly with traveltime data, in reflection seismic tomography. The emphasis of seismic explor... view more info and the price of this book.

Anatomy of Seismograms - book by Kulhanek, O.

DESCRIPTION: Frequent updating of existing interpretation codes and routines is a prerequisite for modern seismogram interpretation and research. The primary goal of this book is to present in a rather tutorial form all the necessary information and techniques pertinent to essential seismogram inte... view more info and the price of this book.

Applied Geophysics in Hydrogeological and Engineering Practice - book by Kelly, W.E.;Mares, S.

DESCRIPTION: Engineering geology and hydrogeology are applied sciences which utilize other applied sciences such as geophysics to solve practical problems. The book is written in the monograph format with seven chapters. The first chapter introduces the engineering and hydrogeological tasks to be di... view more info and the price of this book.

Global Optimization Methods in Geophysical Inversion - book by Sen, M.K.;Stoffa, P.L.

DESCRIPTION: One of the major goals of geophysical inversion is to find earth models that explain the geophysical observations. Thus the branch of mathematics known as optimization has found significant use in many geophysical applications.Both local and global optimization methods are used in the e... view more info and the price of this book.

Land and Marine Hydrogeology - book by Taniguchi, M.;Wang, K.;Gamo, T.

DESCRIPTION: This volume represents an effort to bring together communities of land-based hydrogeology and marine hydrogeology. The issues of submarine groundwater discharge and its opposite phenomenon of seawater invasion are discussed in this book from the geophysical, geochemical, biological, and... view more info and the price of this book.

Marine Structural Design - book by Bai, Yong

DESCRIPTION: This new reference describes the applications of modern structural engineering to marine structures. It will provide an invaluable resource to practicing marine and offshore engineers working in oil and gas as well as those studying marine structural design. The coverage of fatigue and ... view more info and the price of this book.

Seismic Waves and Rays in Elastic Media - book by Slawinski, M.A.

DESCRIPTION: This book seeks to explore seismic phenomena in elastic media and emphasizes the interdependence of mathematical formulation and physical meaning. The purpose of this title - which is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as scientists interested in quantitativ... view more info and the price of this book.

Composition, Deep Structure and Evolution of Continents - book by van der Hilst, R.D.;McDonough, W.F.

DESCRIPTION: The ensemble of manuscripts presented in this special volume captures the stimulating cross-disciplinary dialogue from the International Symposium on Deep Structure, Composition, and Evolution of Continents, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 15-17 October 1997. It will provi... view more info and the price of this book.

Three-Dimensional Electromagnetics - book by Zhdanov, M.S.;Wannamaker, P.E.

DESCRIPTION: "3-D modeling and inversion is a reality, and not an illusion." This is the clear conclusion of the Second International Symposium on Three-Dimensional Electromagnetics held at the University of Utah in 1999. Containing papers submitted by 36 authors, this volume, by the sheer number ... view more info and the price of this book.

Acoustic and Elastic Wave Fields in Geophysics, Part I - book by Kaufman, A.A.;Levshin, A.L.

DESCRIPTION: This book is dedicated to basic physical principles of the propagation of acoustic and elastic waves. It consists of two volumes. The first volume includes 8 chapters and extended Appendices explaining mathematical aspects of discussed problems. The first chapter is devoted to Newton... view more info and the price of this book.

Seismic Signatures and Analysis of Reflection Data in Anisotropic Media - book by Tsvankin, I.

DESCRIPTION: Following the breakthrough in the last decade in identifying the key parameters for time and depth imaging in anisotropic media and developing practical methodologies for estimating them from seismic data, this title primarily focuses on the far reaching exploration benefits of anisotro... view more info and the price of this book.

Computational Neural Networks for Geophysical Data Processing - book by Poulton, M.M.

DESCRIPTION: This book was primarily written for an audience that has heard about neural networks or has had some experience with the algorithms, but would like to gain a deeper understanding of the fundamental material. For those that already have a solid grasp of how to create a neural network ap... view more info and the price of this book.

Processes and Consequences of Deep Subduction - book by Rubie, D.C.;van der Hilst, R.D.

DESCRIPTION: Subduction of oceanic lithosphere into the deep mantle is of major importance for the evolution of the Earth. The motion of lithospheric plates at the Earth's surface is a consequence of the buoyancy forces that drive subduction and a large proportion of the world's earthquakes and vol... view more info and the price of this book.

Multi-Component VSP Analysis for Applied Seismic Anisotropy - book by MacBeth, C.

DESCRIPTION: The vertical seismic profile, acquired with an array of 3C receivers and either a single source or several arranged in a multi-component configuration, provides an ideal high fidelity calibration tool for seismic projects involved in the application of seismic anisotropy. This book cat... view more info and the price of this book.

Wave Fields in Real Media - book by Carcione, J.

DESCRIPTION: This book examines the differences between an ideal and a real description of wave propagation, where ideal means an elastic (lossless), isotropic and single-phase medium, and real means an anelastic, anisotropic and multi-phase medium. The analysis starts by introducing the relevant st... view more info and the price of this book.

Acoustic and Elastic Wave Fields in Geophysics, III , 39 - book by Kaufman, A.A.;Levshin, A.L.

DESCRIPTION: This monograph is the last volume in the series 'Acoustic and Elastic Wave Fields in Geophysics'. The previous two volumes published by Elsevier (2000, 2002) dealt mostly with wave propagation in liquid media. The third volume is dedicated to propagation of plane, spherical and cylin... view more info and the price of this book.

Principles of Induction Logging - book by Kaufman, A.A.;Dashevsky, Yu.A.

DESCRIPTION: The monograph introduces the reader to the world of inductive well logging - an established method for surveying the electrical conductivity of rocks surrounding a borehole. The emphasis is on developing a theory of inductive logging and on understanding logging tools basic physics, sin... view more info and the price of this book.

Advances in Coastal Modeling - book by Lakhan, V.C.

DESCRIPTION: This book unifies and enhances the accessibility of contemporary scholarly research on advances in coastal modeling. A comprehensive spectrum of innovative models addresses the wide diversity and multifaceted aspects of coastal research on the complex natural processes, dynamics, inter... view more info and the price of this book.

Introduction to Volcanic Seismology - book by Zobin, V.

DESCRIPTION: Volcanic earthquakes represent the main and often the only instrument to forecast volcanic eruptions. This book is the first monograph about seismicity in volcanoes. It describes the main types of seismic signals in volcanoes, their nature and spatial and temporal distribution at differ... view more info and the price of this book.

Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean - book by Goni, G.J.;Rizzoli, P.M.

DESCRIPTION: Recent results from modeling and observational studies demonstrate that the tropical Atlantic is a critical region for processes that maintain the meridional overturning circulation, such as cross-equatorial exchanges, and for sea surface temperature variability that impacts on climate ... view more info and the price of this book.

Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, 69 - book by Dahlin, H.;Flemming, N.C.;Nittis, K.;Petersson, S.E.

DESCRIPTION: Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography represents the presentations made at the Third EuroGOOS Conference held in 2002 in Athens. It shows the huge steps made since the first conference, held in 1996, when it was totally beyond anyone's imagination to conceive of the... view more info and the price of this book.

Subsea Pipelines and Risers - book by Bai, Yong;Bai, Qiang

DESCRIPTION:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

AUTHORS: Bai, Yong;Bai, Qiang

PAGES: 700 pages

PUBLISH DATE: 01/11/2005

ISBN Number: 0-08-044566-7... view more info and the price of this book.

Information-Based Inversion and Processing with Applications, 36 - book by Ulrych, T.J.;Sacchi, M.D.

DESCRIPTION: This book examines different classical and modern aspects of geophysical data processing and inversion with emphasis on the processing of seismic records in applied seismology. Chapter 1 introduces basic concepts including: probability theory (expectation operator and ensemble statist... view more info and the price of this book.