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Natural environment
Related to any physical feature of the earth's natural environment.
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travel-time or time-distance curve
Natural environment; Earthquake
A graph of time versus distance for the arrival of seismic waves at a series of stations.
tsunami
Natural environment; Earthquake
A Japanese term for large ocean wave caused by movement in the sea floor related to an earthquake or volcanic eruption. A tsunami is capable of considerable destruction in coastal ...
velocity (seismic)
Natural environment; Earthquake
The time rate of displacement of a reference point in an earthquake or the speed with which a particular seismic wave propagates in a rock.
velocity structure
Natural environment; Earthquake
A generalized model of the crust consisting of units of different seismic velocity.
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