Seismic tomography : with applications in global seismology and exploration geophysics

List of Contents.- 1 Seismic wave propagation and seismic tomography.- I: Basic Theory.- 2 The Radon transform and seismic tomography.- 3 Numerical solution of large, sparse linear algebraic systems arising from tomographic problems.- 4 On the validity of the ray approximation for interpreting delay times.- 5 Ray tracing algorithms in three-dimensional laterally varying layered structures.- II: Applications in Seismic Exploration.- 6 Inversion of travel times and seismic waveforms.- 7 Crosshole transmission tomography.- 8 Tomography from seismic profiles.- 9 Seismic rock properties for reservoir descriptions and monitoring.- III: Applications in Global Seismology.- 10 Seismic data collection platforms for satellite transmission.- 11 The harmonic expansion approach to the retrieval of deep Earth structure.- 12 Ray tracing for surface waves.- 13 Waveform tomography.- 14 Surface wave holography.- 15 Tomographic imaging of seismic sources.- References.