An Introduction to the Theory of Seismology

Abstract

IN view of the number of different lines of approach, a borderline subject is apt to amass a vast literature, some of it difficult of access to investigators. This is particularly true of seismology ; the phenomena of earthquakes have attracted the attention of many famous geologists, and the recording of earthquake tremors involves the methods of experimental physics, while the interpretation of the records of earthquakes has provided a great stimulus to the development of the theory of the propagation of disturbances in elastic media and has ultimately thrown considerable light on the composition of the interior of the earth. Many books have been written on seismology in its various aspects, but many of the most interesting modern geophysical developments have hitherto been available only in the original papers. It is therefore of considerable interest to read the elegant exposition that Prof. K. E. Bullen has presented in the book under review.

An Introduction to the Theory of Seismology

By Prof. K. E. Bullen. Pp. xiv + 276. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1947.) 18s. net.