Reflection and transmission of P and SV waves at the interface between two monoclinic elastic half-spaces

Abstract

Reflection and transmission of quasi -P (qP) and quasi -SV (qSV) waves at the interface between two monoclinic elastic half-spaces is discussed. Closed-form expressions for the reflection and transmission coefficients are derived. A method of computing these coefficients is indicated. The present analysis corrects some fundamental errors appearing in a recent paper on the reflection and transmission of qP waves at the interface between two monoclinic media.