Earthquake

Earthquake

Of or pertaining to the natural phenomenon when tectonic plates slide or move causing the Earth's surface also move which causes devastating damage to cities and towns.

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Travel-time or time-distance curve

Natural environment; Earthquake

A graph of time versus distance for the arrival of seismic waves at a series of stations.

Tsunami

Natural environment; Earthquake

A Japanese term for large ocean wave caused by movement in the sea floor related to an earthquake or volcanic eruption. A tsunami is capable of considerable destruction in coastal areas.

Velocity (seismic)

Natural environment; Earthquake

The time rate of displacement of a reference point in an earthquake or the speed with which a particular seismic wave propagates in a rock.

Velocity structure

Natural environment; Earthquake

A generalised model of the crust consisting of units of different seismic velocity.

Viscoelastic

Natural environment; Earthquake

A type of deformation in which a material behaves like an elastic solid when it is rapidly strained on time scales of seconds to hours, but deforms viscously by plastic flow over long periods of ...