Seismology

Seismology

The study of earthquake, seismic sources, and wave propagation through the Earth.

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Seismotectonic province

Earth science; Seismology

A region within which the active geologic and seismic processes are considered to be relatively uniform.

A roughly linear, cliff-like slope or face that breaks the continuity of a surface into distinct levels. Scarps are often produced by faulting, especially that which involves a significant amount of ...

Seismologist

Earth science; Seismology

A scientist who studies earthquakes, seismic sources, and wave propagation through the Earth.

Asperity

Earth science; Seismology

A region on a fault of high strength produced by one or more of the following conditions: increased normal stress, high friction, low pore pressure, or geometric changes in the fault such as fault ...

Geometrical attenuation

Earth science; Seismology

That component of attenuation of seismic-wave amplitudes due to the radial spreading of seismic energy with distance from a given source.

Single station method

Earth science; Seismology

Technique to find the group and/or phase velocities from a single dispersed waveform. The origin time must be accurately known.

Mathematical correlation

Earth science; Seismology

Takes two functions and compares them by shifting one function by different times and evaluating the integral of the product as a function of of those different times. Correlation can be used to ...