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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.

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