The Polarization Method of Seismic Exploration

1: physical and geological foundations of the Polarization method.- Physical Premises for Increasing the Efficiency of Seismic Methods Used in the Study of Media with Complex Structures.- General Information on the Polarization of Seismic Waves.- Brief Review of Papers Dealing with the Study of Polarization of Seismic Waves.- Selected Results from the Theory of Harmonic Oscillations.- Stereographic Projections.- Controlled Directional Reception Based on Displacement Directions (CDR-I).- Polarization Filtering.- Methods of Representing Trajectories of Particle Motion.- 2: Instrumentation For Three-Component Observations Using The Polarization Method.- Three-Component Sets.- Making Multi-Component Polar Seismograms.- Instrumentation and Methods for Producing Oriented Records.- Fixed- and Tracking-Components Block.- Equipment for Three-Component Observations and Data Processing Used in Seismic Prospecting.- 3: Polar Correlation of Seismic Waves.- Derivation of Equations for Line-Ups and Amplitudes of Elliptically-Polarized Oscillations.- Analysis of Equations for Line-Ups and Amplitudes of Linearly-Polarized Waves.- Analysis of Equations for Line-Ups and Amplitudes of Elliptically-Polarized Waves.- Plotting Polar Seismograms.- Determination of Parameters of Linearly-Polarized Oscillations.- Determination of Parameters of Elliptically- and Multiply-Polarized Waves.- 4: Application of Seismic-Wave Polar Correlation.- Polarization of Explosion-Induced Direct P and S Waves.- Polarization of Direct Shear and Other Waves Induced by Weak Local Earthquakes.- Polar Correlation of Transmitted Converted Waves Induced by Distant Earthquakes.- Use of Polar Correlation in Studies Concerned with the Effect of Observation Conditions on the Shape of Wave Records.- 5: polarization-position correlation (ppc) of Seismic waves.- An Outline of PPC.- Practical Procedure for PPC.- Use of PPC in Seismic Prospecting for Ores.- Use of PPC in Seismic Prospecting for Oil.- Use of PPC in Establishing Continuity for Converted PS Waves Resulting from Distant Earthquakes.- 6: study of media on the basis of seismic wave Polarization.- Effect of Low-Velocity Layers (LVL) on Wave Polarization.- Study of Particle Displacement in a Vertical Plane.- Location of the Boundary Position from Transmitted Waves in VSP.- Locating the Position of the Boundary from Converted Transmitted Waves in Surface Observations.- Locating the Position of a Refracting Boundary from the Polarization of Compressionl Waves.- Conclusion.- References.- Appendix - Glossary.- Index of Subjects.- Index of Names.