Seismology

Seismology

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

Contributors in Seismology

Seismology

Predescribed rules that distort a seismogram in terms of the series of filters that make up the signal. For example, every recording instrument has a known transfer function that can be removed by ...

lithology

Earth science; Seismology

Physical character of rocks.

pedogenic

Earth science; Seismology

Pertaining to processes that add, transfer, transform, or remove soil constituents.

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.

seiche

Earth science; Seismology

Oscillations (standing waves) of the water in a bay or lake.

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. ...