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Several assumptions are usually made in seismology in the treatment of wave propagational problems in heterogeneous elastic media. These assumptions are pointed out and some of them are critically examined.
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Ravindra, R. Usual assumptions in the treatment of wave propagation in heterogeneous elastic media. PAGEOPH 70, 12–17 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875135
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