Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What is the lithosphere?
- 2 Age of the lithosphere
- 3 Seismic structure of the lithosphere
- 4 Thermal regime of the lithosphere from heat flow data
- 5 Thermal state of the lithosphere from non-thermal data
- 6 CBL and lithospheric density from petrologic and geophysical data
- 7 Electrical structure of the lithosphere
- 8 Flexure and rheology
- 9 Evolution of the lithosphere
- 10 Summary of lithospheric properties
- References
- Subject index
- Geographical index
3 - Seismic structure of the lithosphere
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What is the lithosphere?
- 2 Age of the lithosphere
- 3 Seismic structure of the lithosphere
- 4 Thermal regime of the lithosphere from heat flow data
- 5 Thermal state of the lithosphere from non-thermal data
- 6 CBL and lithospheric density from petrologic and geophysical data
- 7 Electrical structure of the lithosphere
- 8 Flexure and rheology
- 9 Evolution of the lithosphere
- 10 Summary of lithospheric properties
- References
- Subject index
- Geographical index
Summary
“One cannot embrace the unembraceable.”
Kozma PrutkovThis chapter provides a short review of seismic methods used in lithosphere studies and their major results. It starts with an overview of laboratory measurements of seismic properties, which provide the basis for seismic interpretations, followed by a brief summary of seismic methods. For an introduction to seismic methods the reader is referred to the monograph of Shearer (1999). The advanced theory of seismic methods can be found in Aki and Richards (1980), Nolet (1987, 2008), Iyer and Hirahara (1993). Discussion of the major results of seismic studies of the lithosphere is structured by methods (converted waves, controlled source, and teleseismic tomography), which provide 1D, 2D, and 3D images of the lithosphere.
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- The LithosphereAn Interdisciplinary Approach, pp. 47 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011