Instrumentation in Earthquake Seismology / Приборы в сейсмологии землетрясений

This book is primarily intended for seismologists and technicians working with seismological instruments. Seismologists tend to take their data for granted, hoping that the black boxes of seismographs and processing software will take care of all the nasty problems, much like driving a car and not worrying too much of how it works. But cars stop or malfunction and so do seismographs. Thus a basic understanding of seismic instrumentation is essential, even for the seismologist who is never going to turn a knob on an instrument.Instrumentation is not just a topic for seismologists, since most equipment is in fact installed and maintained by non-seismologists, so this group of professionals has just as much a need for information on instrumentation.
Early versions of the book have been used for a lab course in seismic instrumentation given at the University of Bergen since 1999 and also in a few other countries. The experience from these courses has helped to improve the book, and we think that it is suitable for students in seismology. <...>