Seismic Wave Propagation and Scattering in the Heterogeneous Earth

Introduction.- Heterogeneity in the Lithosphere.- Phenomenological Approaches to Seismogram Envelopes in short-periods.- Born approximation for Wave Scattering in Random Media.- Attenuation of High-Frequency Seismic Waves.- Synthesis of Three-Component Seismogram Envelopes for Earthquakes Using Scattering Amplitudes from the Born Approximation.- Envelope Synthesis Based on the Radiative Transfer Theory: Multiple Scattering Models.- Parabolic approximation and Envelope Synthesis based on the Markov Approximation. Summary and Epilogue.