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Seismology
The study of earthquake, seismic sources, and wave propagation through the Earth.
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Seismic impedance
Earth science; Seismology
Seismic P-wave velocity multiplied by the bulk density of a medium.
Forearc basin
Earth science; Seismology
Sedimentary basin on the trench side of the volcanic arc of a subduction zone.
Laplacian
Earth science; Seismology
Is the divergence of the gradient (see divergence and gradient).
Hooke's Law
Earth science; Seismology
Is an empirical relationship expressing a linear relationship between stress and strain.
Near-field term
Earth science; Seismology
Involves displacements directly proportional to the reduced displacement potential and decay rapidly. If there is any step in the effective pressure a permanent deformation of the surrounding ...
Stonely waves
Earth science; Seismology
Interface waves with the largest amplitudes confined to the neighbourhood of a plane interface of two elastic media.
Covariant matrix
Earth science; Seismology
Indicates the uncertainty in the model due to both the nature on the inverse problem and the errors in the observations.
