Seismology

Seismology

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

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isoseismal map

Earth science; Seismology

A map showing the distribution of intensity across a region for a particular earthquake using isoseismal lines to connect points of equal intensity.

lateral fault

Earth science; Seismology

A fault in which slips in such a way that the two sides move with a predominantly lateral motion (with respect to each other). There are two kinds of lateral slip: right-lateral and left-lateral. ...

Mojave Block

Earth science; Seismology

The tectonic region located between the Garlock fault and the San Andreas fault, and extending eastward roughly to the California-Arizona (and California-Nevada) border.

oblique (fault or slip)

Earth science; Seismology

Describing motion that is a combination of movement both perpendicular and parallel to the strike of a fault -- a combination of strike-slip and dip-slip (whether normal or reverse).

A term used primarily in the southwestern United States to describe a dry, vegetation-free, flat area at the lowest part of an undrained desert basin, underlain by stratified clay, silt, or sand, and ...

Pleistocene

Earth science; Seismology

A name given to the geologic time period between about 1.6 million years and 10,000 years before the present. The Pleistocene is the earlier (older) epoch of the Quaternary period; it is followed by ...

Quaternary

Earth science; Seismology

The period of geologic time starting 1.6 million years ago and continuing to the present day. It is divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene and the Holocene, with the division between these two ...