"Seismic Waves: Probing Earth System" ed. by Masaki Kanao, Genti Toyokuni

This book demonstrates the latest techniques and advances in seismic wave analysis from a theoretical approach, data acquisition and interpretation, to analyses and numerical simulations, as well as research applications. The major topics in this book cover aspects on seismic wave propagation, characteristics of their velocities and attenuation, deformation process of the Earth's medium, seismic source process and tectonic dynamics with relating observations, as well as propagation modeling of seismic waves.

The importance of seismic wave research lies not only in our ability to understand and predict earthquakes and tsunamis, but it also reveals information on the Earth's composition and features in much the same way as it led to the discovery of Mohorovicic's discontinuity. As our theoretical understanding of the physics behind seismic waves has grown, physical and numerical modeling have greatly advanced and now augment applied seismology for better prediction and engineering practices.

Contents
1.A High-Order Finite Volume Method for 3D Elastic Modelling on Unstructured Meshes
2.Cylindrical Surface Wave: Revisiting the Classical Biot’s Problem
3.Appearance of Catastrophes and Plasticity in Porous and Cracked Media
4.Efficient Simulation of Fluids
5.Seismic Velocity Structure in and around the Japanese Island Arc Derived from Seismic Tomography Including NIED MOWLAS Hi-net and S-net Data
6.Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Signals Observed before Strong Earthquakes