Quantitative Seismology, Second Edition

As recently as 1980, anyone seeking a rigorous treatment of the fundamentals of elastodynamics relevant to the rapidly maturing field of seismology had to delve into a host of primary sources, some of which were rather obscure or difficult to obtain. Classical texts in this field tended to focus on limited topics and to treat some areas either superficially or in excessive depth. Graduate education in the field of seismology tended to reflect local faculty expertise and interests, often with compendia of handwritten notes, inconsistent notation, and variable generality. That situation was dramatically changed with the appearance of the first edition of Quantitative Seismology, a two-volume set that distilled the key foundations of elastodynamics for linear elastic materials into an accessible and satisfyingly thorough presentation of seismological theory