International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Part A (International Geophysics)
Contributors: William H.K. Lee (Editor); Hiroo Kanamori (Editor); Paul Jennings (Editor); Carl Kisslinger (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: September 12, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 933
ISBN-13: 9780124406520
First sentence: At present seismology is the study of seismic sources (mostly earthquakes), the waves they produce, and the properties of the media through which these waves travel.