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Propagation of elastic waves in layered media resulting from an impulsive point source

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The problems of Cagniard and Abramovici-Alterman, regarding propagation of seismic pulses in horizontally layered media, are solved by a direct method without involving integral transforms.

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Ungar, A., Alterman, Z. Propagation of elastic waves in layered media resulting from an impulsive point source. PAGEOPH 112, 365–379 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876147

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