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    seismic source is a device that generates controlled seismic energy used to perform both reflection and refraction seismic surveys. A seismic source can...
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    reflected seismic waves. The method requires a controlled seismic source of energy, such as dynamite or Tovex blast, a specialized air gun or a seismic vibrator...
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    Seismic refraction is a geophysical principle governed by Snell's Law of refraction. The seismic refraction method utilizes the refraction of seismic...
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  • Seismic magnitude scales are used to describe the overall strength or "size" of an earthquake. These are distinguished from seismic intensity scales that...
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    record reflected seismic energy originating from a seismic source at the surface. There are numerous methods for acquiring a vertical seismic profile (VSP)...
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  • The connection between seismic moment and a torque is natural in the body-force equivalent representation of seismic sources as a double-couple (a pair...
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    Seismology (redirect from Seismic)
    of the environmental effects of earthquakes such as tsunamis; other seismic sources such as volcanoes, plate tectonics, glaciers, rivers, oceanic microseisms...
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    and seismic interpretation. Seismic acquisition requires the use of a seismic source at specified locations for a seismic survey, and the energy that...
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  • The "size" or strength of the source event, such as measured by various seismic magnitude scales. The type of seismic wave generated, and its orientation...
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    Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate...
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    Earthquake (redirect from Seismic activity)
    seismic energy release per unit volume. In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event that generates seismic waves...
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  • Induced seismicity is typically earthquakes and tremors that are caused by human activity that alters the stresses and strains on Earth's crust. Most induced...
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    for an active seismic source. This method, however, is not limited to passive sources, and can be extended for use with active sources and computer–generated...
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    for seismic data acquisition. This included specialized tools for synchronizing seismic sources. Processing Services: The company processed seismic data...
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    from seismic noise (ambient vibration), which is persistent low-amplitude vibration arising from a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources. The propagation...
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    low-frequency vibrations into the earth. It is one of a number of seismic sources used in reflection seismology. The ‘Vibroseis’ exploration technique...
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  • Seismic tomography or seismotomography is a technique for imaging the subsurface of the Earth using seismic waves. The properties of seismic waves are...
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  • star of the seismic source for seismic research other than earthquake, accounts for the naturally and anthropogenically produced seismic vibration of...
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  • Moment magnitude scale (category Articles using seismic moment M0)
    measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. Mw  was defined in a 1979 paper by Thomas C. Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori...
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    events of various types. NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover will act as a seismic source of known temporal and spatial localization as it lands on the surface...
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    A seismic hazard is the probability that an earthquake will occur in a given geographic area, within a given window of time, and with ground motion intensity...
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    Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to...
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  • make such structures more resistant to earthquakes. An earthquake (or seismic) engineer aims to construct structures that will not be damaged in minor...
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  • dissertation titled "A Contribution to the Determination and Interpretation of Seismic Source Parameters". The Geological Society – "Off the Scale!" editorial by...
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  • seismic inversion is the process of transforming seismic reflection data into a quantitative rock-property description of a reservoir. Seismic inversion...
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    Nankai Trough (category Seismic faults of Japan)
    making one of Earth's best examples of accretionary prism. Furthermore, seismic reflection studies have revealed the presence of basement highs that are...
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  • Sonic logging (redirect from Seismic log)
    geophones is lowered down the borehole, with a seismic source located at the surface. The seismic source is fired with the geophone(s) at a series of different...
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    Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Seismic Intensity Scale (known in Japan as the Shindo seismic scale) is a seismic intensity scale used in Japan to categorize...
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    initially subjected to a gravity survey, magnetic survey, passive seismic or regional seismic reflection surveys to detect large-scale features of the sub-surface...
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    Seismic base isolation, also known as base isolation, or base isolation system, is one of the most popular means of protecting a structure against earthquake...
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