Authored by the internationally renowned José M. Carcione Wave Fields in Real Media: Wave
Propagation in Anisotropic Anelastic Porous and Electromagnetic Media examines the
differences between an ideal and a real description of wave propagation starting with the
introduction of relevant stress-strain relations. The combination of this relation and the
equations of momentum conservation lead to the equation of motion. The differential formulation
is written in terms of memory variables and Biot's theory is used to describe wave propagation
in porous media. For each rheology a plane-wave analysis is performed in order to understand
the physics of wave propagation. This book contains a review of the main direct numerical
methods for solving the equation of motion in the time and space domains. The emphasis is on
geophysical applications for seismic exploration but researchers in the fields of earthquake
seismology rock acoustics and material science - including many branches of acoustics of
fluids and solids - may also find this text useful. New to this edition:This new edition
presents the fundamentals of wave propagation in Anisotropic Anelastic Porous Media while
also incorporating the latest research from the past 7 years including that of the author. The
author presents all the equations and concepts necessary to understand the physics of wave
propagation. These equations form the basis for modeling and inversion of seismic and
electromagnetic data. Additionally demonstrations are given so the book can be used to teach
post-graduate courses. Addition of new and revised content is approximately 30%.
