Open AccessTheory of body‐wave propagation in inhomogeneous anisotropic media
Author(s) -
Petrashen G. I.,
Kashtan B. M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1984.tb05019.x
Subject(s) - anisotropy , wave propagation , work (physics) , head (geology) , physics , computational physics , classical mechanics , geology , computer science , mathematical analysis , optics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geomorphology
Summary. The paper reviews recent work of a Leningrad group of geophysicists on the development of the ray method for arbitrary anisotropic elastic media. The methods and algorithms can be applied for descriptions of both the body and head waves.