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Seismology
The study of earthquake, seismic sources, and wave propagation through the Earth.
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seismic discontinuity
Earth science; Seismology
A surface or thin layer within layer the Earth across which P-wave and/or S-wave velocities changes rapidly.
regional distance
Earth science; Seismology
A source-receiver distance greater than 100 km but less than 1000 km.
ray-tracing method
Earth science; Seismology
A computational method of computing ground-shaking estimates that assumes that the ground motion is composed of multiple arrivals that leave the source and are reflected or refracted at velocity ...
mare
Earth science; Seismology
A dark, low-lying lunar plain, filled to an undetermined depth with volcanic rocks. (Plural: maria).
isotropy
Earth science; Seismology
A material where its mechanical properties are the same in all directions.
thrust fault
Earth science; Seismology
A specific kind of reverse fault in which the dip of the fault is less than 45 degrees over much if not all of its length. It is characterized not so much by vertical displacement, but by horizontal ...
