Natural environment

Natural environment

Related to any physical feature of the earth's natural environment.

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viscoelastic

Natural environment; Earthquake

A type of deformation in which a material behaves like an elastic solid when it is rapidly strained on time scales of seconds to hours, but deforms viscously by plastic flow over ...

volcanic earthquakes

Natural environment; Earthquake

An earthquake related to volcanic activity.

water table

Natural environment; Earthquake

The upper surface of an unconfined body of ground water.

waveform (seismic)

Natural environment; Earthquake

A plot of the displacement produced by a seismic wave as a function of time.

wavelength

Natural environment; Earthquake

The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs of a wave.

wavelet

Natural environment; Earthquake

A seismic pulse usually consisting of 1½ or 2 cycles.

wrench fault

Natural environment; Earthquake

A fault in which blocks of rock slip sideways past each other; also known as tear faults, strike-slip faults, or, when especially large, transcurrent faults.