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Seismology
The study of earthquake, seismic sources, and wave propagation through the Earth.
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Bessel Function
Earth science; Seismology
A type of function used in describing Earth's normal modes in spherical coordinates. They have the form of a decaying sinusoid.
Legendre functions
Earth science; Seismology
A type of function used in describing Earth's normal modes in spherical coordinates. They have the form of a decaying sinusoid.
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Earth science; Seismology
A treaty to put an end to clandestine nuclear tests.
Moderate earthquake
Earth science; Seismology
An earthquake having a magnitude of 5 to 6 on the Richter scale.
Major earthquake
Earth science; Seismology
An earthquake having a magnitude of 7 to 7. 99 on the Richter scale.
Great earthquake
Earth science; Seismology
An earthquake having a magnitude of 8 or greater on the Richter scale.
Fault-plane solution
Earth science; Seismology
An analysis using stereographic projection or its mathematical equivalent to determine the attitude of the causative fault and its direction of slip from the radiation pattern of seismic waves using ...
