The New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice (NMSOP or "the Manual") is an initiative of the former Commission on Practice (CoP) of the International Association ofSeismology and Physics of the Earth Interior (IASPEI). At its meeting in conjunction with the IASPEI General Assembly in Wellington, New Zealand, January 1994, the CoP established a Working Group on the Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice. Peter Bormann agreed to chair the group. A first concept for the NMSOP was put forward at the General Assembly of IASPEIís European Seismological Commission (ESC) in Athens, Greece, September 1994 (Bormann, 1994).

This book grew from a course taught with Dan McKenzie to final year physicists in Cambridge. Our task was to provide undergraduates who already possessed a good grounding in physics and mathematical methods with a broad exposure to geophysics in just 24 lectures. Fortunately it is possible to bring a student in geophysics to the forefront of the subject quite quickly: within 24 lectures it is possible to explain research techniques that are in current use and were used to make discoveries that _ are now less than 20 years old, which is impossible in most other branches of physics. In order to provide the course with structure, and to introduce an essential quantitative element that would allow us to examine it with numerical problems as well as purely descriptive accounts, we decided to concentrate on the development of seismology since the introduction of the World Wide Standardised Seismic Network in about 1960 and its role in the development of plate tectonic theory, the major advance in earth science this century.  <...>

All information about the Earth’s interior comes from field observations and measurements made within the top few kilometers of the surface, from laboratory experiments and from the powers of human deduction, relying on complex numerical modeling. Solid Earth Geophysics encompasses all these endeavors and aspires to define and quantify the internal structure and processes of the Earth in terms of the principles of physics, corresponding mathematical formulations and computational procedures.

After every major earthquake, the Earth rings like a large bell for several days. These free oscillations of the Earth are routinely detected at modern broad-band seismographic stations, which are now distributed globally. The eigenfrequencies and decay rates of the vibrations can be measured and used to constrain the radial and lateral distribution of density, seismic wave speed and anelastic attenuation within the interior.

CONTENTS
SECTION 1: SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Geotectonics and Earthquake Risks in Jordan Y.M. Masannat
Seismic Hazard in the Eastern Mediterranean M. 0. Erdik, V. Doyuran
Space-Time Migration of Shallow Earthquakes in Eurasia and Implications for Earthquake Prediction K. Radinsky-Cade, M.N. Toksoz and A. A. Barka
Tectonics and Earthquake Risk of Iran A. A. Nowroozi
The Seismicity of the Near East - Past and Present A. Ben-Menahem

This book presents different aspects of earthquake research. In includes syntheses of recent works combined with new results and interpretations, applicable to diverse branches of earthquake seismology and geology. 
The destructive potential of earthquakes depends on their magnitude and the placement of the hypocenter. Worldwide efforts, such as the Global Seismographic Network of seismological and geophysical sensors and data centers, provides information that is essential to identify earthquake locations, understand the physics of the earthquakes and faulting mechanisms, as well as studies on paleoseismicity and earthquakes in the human history.

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Федотов С.А., Феофилактов В.Д., Гордеев Е.И., Гаврилов В.А., Чебров В.Н. Развитие сейсмометрических наблюдений на Камчатке    
Федотов С.А., Шумилина Л.С., Чернышева Г.В. Сейсмичность Камчатки и Командорских островов по данным детальных исследований    
Горельчик В.И., Зобин В.М., Токарев П.И. Сейсмичность вулканов

Зобин В.М. Механизм очагов землетрясений и сейсмотектоническое деформирование Камчатско-Командорского региона в 1964—1982 гг    
Федотов С.А., Чернышев С.Д. 20 лет долгосрочного сейсмического прогноза для Курило-Камчатской дуги: достоверность в 1981 —1985 гг., в делом за 1965—1985 гг. и прогноз на 1986—1990 гг    
Токарев П.И. Характеристики и повторяемость вулканических извержений

Зобин В.М., Федяков М.В. Выездная сессия МСССС на Камчатке, ноябрь, 1986 г. Правила для авторов    

Зобин В.М., Федотов С.А., Гордеев Е.И., Гусева Е.М., Митякин В.П. Сильные землетрясения на Камчатке и Командорских островах в 1961—1986 гг.

Федотов С.А., Магуськин М.А., Левин В.Е., Жаринов Н.А., Бахтиаров В.Ф., Кириенко А.П. Деформации земной поверхности на восточном побережье Камчатки и их связь с сейсмичностью    
Гусев А.А. Модель очага землетрясения со множеством неровностей

Жаринов Н.А., Жданова Е.Ю., Белоусов А.Б., Белоусова М.Г., Иванов А.П., Малышев А.И., Ханзутин В.П. Активность Северной группы вулканов Камчатки в 1985 г    
Двигало В.Н., Андреев В.И., Гавриленко Г.М., Овсянников А.А., Разина А.А., Чирков А.М. Деятельность вулканов Юго-Восточной Камчатки и Северных Курилл в 1985—1986 гг    
Конов А.С., Озеров А.Ю. Закономерности в динамике извержений Ключевского вулкана и сопровождающем их вулканическом дрожании

Жаринов С.Е. Модель возвратных движений для расчета деформаций поверхности после сильнейших землетрясений
Волынец О.Н., Успенский В.С., Аношин Г.Н., Валов М.Г., Патока М.Г., Пузанков Ю.М., Ананьев В.В., Шипицин Ю.Г. Эволюция геодинамического режима магмообразования на Восточной Камчатке в позднем кайнозое (по геохимическим данным)
Рожков А.М., Таран Ю.А., Серафимова Е.К., Есиков А.Д., Чешко А.Л. Химический и изотопный состав магматических газов Ключевского вулкана (извержение 1988 г.)