Multiscale Seismic Tomography [Paperback]

This book on multiscale seismic tomography, written by one of the leaders in the field, is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals in Earth and planetary sciences who need to broaden their horizons about seismotectonics, volcanism, and interior structure and dynamics of the Earth and Moon. It describes the state-of-the-art in seismic tomography, with emphasis on the new findings obtained by applying tomographic methods in local, regional, and global scales for understanding the generating mechanism of large and great earthquakes such as the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0), crustal and upper mantle structure, origin of active arc volcanoes and intraplate volcanoes including hotspots, heterogeneous structure of subduction zones, fate of subducting slabs, origin of mantle plumes, mantle convection, and deep Earth dynamics. The first lunar tomography and its implications for the mechanism of deep moonquakes and lunar evolution are also introduced.

Introduction.- Methodology of Seismic Tomography.- Subduction Zone Tomography.- Large Earthquakes and Seismotectonics.- Hotspots and Mantle Plumes.- East Asia Structure and Tectonics.- Global Tomography and Deep Earth dynamics.- Seismic Tomography of the Moon.This book comes from one of the leading experts of the field, and unfolds his research experiences in earthquake-based, seismic tomography for the study of Earths (and Moons) interior in local, regional and global scales. & All tomographic images are in color, which is very helpful for the reader. & this book is well written, enjoyable to read, and it is an excellent addition to the bookshelf of every student or scientist interested in Earths and Lunar interior. (Petros Bogiatzis, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 174, 2017)

Dapeng Zhao is a professor at the Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. He received his B.Sc. (1984) from Peking UnilS²