Presenting a comprehensive introduction to the propagation of high-frequency body-waves in elastodynamics, this volume develops the theory of seismic wave propagation in acoustic, elastic and anisotropic media to allow seismic waves to be modelled in complex, realistic three-dimensional Earth models. The book is a text for graduate courses in theoretical seismology, and a reference for all academic and industrial seismologists using numerical modelling methods. Exercises and suggestions for further reading are included in each chapter.

Christopher Chapman is a tutor at St Augustine's College of Theology in Canterbury. He was previously Spirituality Adviser for the Diocese of Southwark. He trained in spiritual direction at St Beuno's where he is often a guest retreat director.

Preface; Preliminaries; Nomenclature; Symbols; Special functions; Canonical signals; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic wave propagation; 3. Transforms; 4. Review of continuum mechanics and elastic waves; 5. Asymptotic ray theory; 6. Rays at an interface; 7. Differential systems for stratified media; 8. Inverse transforms for stratified media; 9. Canonical signals; 10. Generalizations of ray theory; Appendix A. Useful integrals; Appendix B. Useful Fourier transforms; Appendix C. Ordinary differential equations; Appendix D. Saddle-point methods; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.