The past few decades have witnessed the growth of the Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding of the planet that we live on. This development addresses the challenging endeavor to enrich human lives with the bounties of Nature as well as to preserve the planet for the generations to come. Solid Earth Geophysics aspires to define and quantify the internal structure and processes of the Earth in terms of the principles of physics and forms the intrinsic framework, which other allied disciplines utilize for more specific investigations.
The first edition of the Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics was published in 1989 by Van Nostrand Reinhold publishing company. More than two decades later, this new volume, edited by Prof. Harsh K. Gupta, represents a thoroughly revised and expanded reference work. It brings together more than 200 articles covering established and new concepts of Geophysics across the various sub-disciplines such as Gravity, Geodesy, Geomagnetism, Seismology, Seismics, Deep Earth Processes, Plate Tectonics, Thermal Domains, Computational Methods, etc. in a systematic and consistent format and standard. It is an authoritative and current reference source with extraordinary width of scope. It draws its unique strength from the expert contributions of editors and authors across the globe. It is designed to serve as a valuable and cherished source of information for current and future generations of professionals.
This volume provides systematic, up-to-date coverage of important aspects of Solid Earth Geophysics, including reviews and articles by leading experts. The book is organized to present terms, topics and phrases alphabetically in an easily referenced manner.
Reviews
From the reviews:
The Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics nicely brings together numerous geophysical topics and presents this sometimes dry, mathematical and abstract field in a language comprehensible to researchers, teachers, students, and professional geophysicists. the new encyclopedia should be of great interest to petroleum explorers, researchers and educators as well. A list of references at the end of each article directs the interested reader for further research. (Rasoul Sorkhabi, GEO ExPro, September, 2013)
Absolute Age Determinations:
Radiometric.-Archaeomagnetism.-Archaeoseismology.-Artificial Water Reservoir
Triggered Earthquakes.-Biogeophysics.-Body Waves.-Characteristic Earthquakes
and Seismic Gaps.-Continental Drift.-Continental Rifts.-Core
Dynamo.-Core-Mantle Coupling.-Crustal Reflectivity (Oceanic) and Magma
Chamber.-Curie Temperature.-Deep Scientific Drilling.-Deep Seismic Reflection
and Refraction Profiling.-Differential Rotation of the Earths Inner
Core.-Earth Rotation.-Earth Tides.-Earth, Density Distribution.-Earths
Structure, Core.-Earths Structure, Continental Crust.-Earths Structure,
Global.-Earths Structure, Lower Mantle.-Earths Structure, Upper
Mantle.-Earthquake Lights.-Earthquake Precursors and Prediction.-Earthquake
Prediction, M8 Algorithm.-Earthquake Rupture: Inverse Problem.-Earthquake
Sounds.-Earthquake, Aftershocks.-Earthquake, Focal Mechanism.-Earthquake,
Foreshocks.-Earthquake, Location Techniques.-Earthquake,
Magnitude.-Earthquakes and Crustal Deformation.-Earthquakes, Early and Strong
Motion Warning.-Earthquakes, Energy.-Earthquakes, Intensity.-Earthquakes,
PAGER.-Earthquakes, Shake Map.-Earthquakes, Source Theory.-Earthquakes,
Strong-Ground Motion.-Earthquakes, Volcanogenic.-Electrical Properties of
Rocks.-Electrical Resistivity Surveys and Data Interpretation.-Electronic
Geophysical Year.-Energy Budget of the Earth.-Energy Partitioning of Seismic
Waves.-Equatorial Electrojet.-Fractals and Chaos.-Free Oscillations of the
Earth.-Geodesy, Figure of the Earth.-Geodesy, Ground Positioning and
Leveling.-Geodesy, Networks and Reference Systems.-Geodesy,
Physical.-Geodetic Pendulums, Horizontal Ultra Broad
Band.-Geodynamics.-Geoelectromagnetism.-Geoid.-Geoid Determination, Theory
and Principles.-Geoid Undulation, Interpretation.-Geoid, Computational
Method.-Geomagnetic Excursions.-Geomagnetic Field, Global
Pattern.-Geomagnetic Field, IGRF.-Geomagnetic Field, Measurement
Techniques.-Geomagnetic Field, Polarity Reversals.-Geomagnetic Field, Secular
Variation.-Geomagnetic Field, Theory.-Geophysical Well Logging.-Geothermal
Heat Pumps.-Geothermal Record of Climate Change.-GPS, Data Acquisition and
Analysis.-GPS, Tectonic Geodesy.-Gravimeters.-Gravity Anomalies,
Interpretation.-Gravity Data, Advanced Processing.-Gravity Data, Regional
Residual Separation.-Gravity Field of the Earth.-Gravity Field, Temporal
Variations from Space Techniques.-Gravity Field, Time Variations from Surface
Measurements.-Gravity Measurements, Absolute.-Gravity Method,
Airborne.-Gravity Method, Principles.-Gravity Method, Satellite.-Gravity
Method, Surface.-Gravity Modeling, Theory and Computation.-Gravity, Data to
Anomalies.-Gravity, Global Models.-Gravity, Gradiometry.-Great
Earthquakes.-Heat Flow Measurements, Continental.-Heat Flow,
Continental.-Heat Flow, Seafloor: Methods and Observations.-Impact Craters on
Earth.-Instrumentation, Electrical Resistivity.-Instrumentation,
EM.-International Geophysical Year.-International Gravity
Formula.-International Polar Year 20072008.-International Year of Planet
Earth.-Inverse Theory, Artificial Neural Networks.-Inverse Theory, Global
Optimization.-Inverse Theory, Linear.-Inverse Theory, Monte Carlo
Method.-Inverse Theory, Singular Value Decomposition.-Isostasy.-Isostasy,
Thermal.-Legal Continental Shelf.-Lithosphere, Continental.-Lithosphere,
Continental: Thermal Structure.-Lithosphere, Mechanical
Properties.-Lithosphere, Oceanic.-Lithosphere, Oceanic: Thermal
Structure.-Magnetic Anisotropy.-Magnetic Anomalies, Interpretation.-Magnetic
Data Enhancements and Depth Estimation.-Magnetic Domains.-Magnetic
Gradiometry.-Magnetic Methods, Airborne.-Magnetic Methods,
Principles.-Magnetic Methods, Satellite.-Magnetic Methods, Surface.-Magnetic
Modeling, Theory and Computation.-Magnetic Storms and Electromagnetic
Pulsations.-Magnetic, Global Anomaly Map.-Magnetometers.-Magnetotelluric Data
Processing.-Magnetotelluric Interpretation.-Magnetovariation Studies.-Mantle
Convection.-Mantle D Layer.-Mantle Plumes.-Mantle Viscosity.-Numerical
Methods, Boundary Element.-Numerical Methods, Domain Decomposition.-Numerical
Methods, Finite Difference.-Numerical Methods, Finite Element.-Numerical
Methods, Multigrid.-Ocean Bottom Seismics.-Ocean, Spreading Centre.-Oceanic
Intraplate Deformation: The Central Indian Ocean Basin.-Paleomagnetic Field
Intensity.-Paleomagnetism, Magnetostratigraphy.-Paleomagnetism, Measurement
Techniques and Instrumentation.-Paleomagnetism, Polar Wander.-Paleomagnetism,
Principles.-Paleoseismology.-Plate Driving Forces.-Plate Motions in Time:
Inferences on Driving and Resisting Forces.-Plate Tectonics,
Precambrian.-Plates and Paleoreconstructions.-Poroelasticity.-Propagation of
Elastic Waves: Fundamentals.-Radioactivity in Earths Core.-Radiogenic Heat
Production of Rocks.-Remanent Magnetism.-Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
for Tectonic Studies.-Remote Sensing, Applications to Geophysics.-SAR
Interferometry.-Satellite Laser Ranging.-Seafloor Spreading.-Sedimentary
Basins.-Seismic Anisotropy.-Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing.-Seismic
Diffraction.-Seismic Discontinuities in the Transition Zone.-Seismic
Hazard.-Seismic Imaging, Overview.-Seismic Instrumentation.-Seismic
Microzonation.-Seismic Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions.-Seismic
Noise.-Seismic Phase Names: IASPEI Standard.-Seismic Properties of
Rocks.-Seismic Quiescence and Activation.-Seismic Seiches.-Seismic Signals in
Well Observations: Pre, Co, Post.-Seismic Structure at Mid-Ocean
Ridges.-Seismic Tomography.-Seismic Velocity-Density Relationships.-Seismic
Velocity-Temperature Relationships.-Seismic Wave Propagation in Real Media:
Numerical Modeling Approaches.-Seismic Waves, Scattering.-Seismic
Zonation.-Seismic, Ambient Noise Correlation.-Seismic, Migration.-Seismic,
Ray Theory.-Seismic, Receiver Function Technique.-Seismic, Reflectivity
Method.-Seismic, Viscoelastic Attenuation.-Seismic, Waveform Modeling and
Tomography.-Seismicity, Intraplate.-Seismicity, Subduction Zone.-Seismogram
Interpretation.-Seismological Networks.-Seismology, Global Earthquake
Model.-Seismology, Monitoring of CTBT.-Seismology, Rotational.-Shear-Wave
Splitting: New Geophysics and Earthquake Stress-Forecasting.-Single and
Multichannel Seismics.-Slow Earthquake.-Spherical Harmonic Analysis Applied
to Potential Fields.-Statistical Seismology.-Subduction Zones.-Surface
Waves.-T Waves.-Thermal Storage and Transport Properties of Rocks, I: Heat
Capacity and Latent Heat.-Thermal Storage and Transport Properties of Rocks,
II: Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity.-Time Reversal in
Seismology.-Traveltime Tomography Using Controlled-Source.-Seismic
Data.-Tsunami.-Tsunami: Bay of Bengal.-Tsunami Watch and Warning
Centers.-Vertical Seismic Profiling.-Very Long Baseline
Interferometry.-Wavelet Analysis.
Harsh K. Gupta currently holds the prestigious Panikkar Professorship at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Hyderabad, India. Pursuing a luminous career in a variety of aspects of the Earth Sciences for over four decades, he is globally known for providing the first geophysical evidence of an enormously thick crust below the Himalaya and Tibet Plateau region, identifying the common characteristics of artificial water reservoir triggered earthquakes and discriminating them from normal earthquakes, setting up Indias first permanent station at Antarctica in a record time, and in recent years, spearheading the designing and commissioning of the Tsunami Warning System for India, after the disastrous tsunami caused by the 26th December 2004 Sumatra earthquake. He has published over 200 papers and written 4 pioneering books, published by Elsevier.
Dr. Gupta has occupied several important positions including the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Ocean Development and Director of NGRI. He is the founder President of the Asian Seismological Commission, and currently the President of the Geological Society of India, President of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society and Vice President of IUGG. His many honors and accolades include the USSR Academy of Sciences 100 years of International Geophysics Memorial Medal; Waldo E. Smith Medal of American Geophysical Union as well as the highest scientific and civilian honors from India, such as the Bhatnagar Award and the Padmashri Award.
