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Seismology
The study of earthquake, seismic sources, and wave propagation through the Earth.
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Rift
Earth science; Seismology
Region where the crust has split apart, usually marked by a rift valley (e.g. East African Rift, Rhine Graben).
Deterministic methods
Earth science; Seismology
Refers to methods of calculating ground motions for hypothetical earthquakes based on earthquake-source models and wave- propagation methods that exclude random effects.
Holocene
Earth science; Seismology
Refers to a period of time between the present and 10,000 years before present. Applied to rocks or faults, this term indicates the period of rock formation or the time of most recent fault slip. ...
Geotechnical
Earth science; Seismology
Referring to the use of scientific methods and engineering principles to acquire, interpret, and apply knowledge of earth materials for solving engineering problems.
Kinematic
Earth science; Seismology
Referring to the general movement patterns and directions of the Earth's rocks that produce rock deformation.
Transfer function
Earth science; Seismology
Predescribed rules that distort a seismogram in terms of the series of philtres that make up the signal. For example, every recording instrument has a known transfer function that can be removed by ...
Pedogenic
Earth science; Seismology
Pertaining to processes that add, transfer, transform, or remove soil constituents.
