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Seismology
The study of earthquake, seismic sources, and wave propagation through the Earth.
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Continental shelf
Earth science; Seismology
Part of the continental margin between the coast and the continental slope.
Outer core
Earth science; Seismology
Outer liquid shell of the Earth's core, probably iron with some oxygen; inner radius, 1221 kilometers, outer radius, 3480 kilometers.
Checkerboard test
Earth science; Seismology
One type of resolution test that can be performed by varying the velocity as a sinusoidal function in the x and y directions with a wavelength larger than the distance between two adjacent nodes. ...
Island arc
Earth science; Seismology
Chain of islands above a subduction zone (e.g., Japan, Aleutians).
Rotate
Earth science; Seismology
Changing the orientation or angle of a seismogram to the true radial or transverse directions.
Spectral acceleration
Earth science; Seismology
Commonly refers to either the Fourier amplitude spectrum of ground acceleration or the PSRV.
