Seismology (/saɪzˈmɒlədʒi, saɪs-/; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (-logía) meaning "study of") is the scientific...
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Reflection seismology (or seismic reflection) is a method of exploration geophysics that uses the principles of seismology to estimate the properties...
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Forensic seismology is the forensic use of the techniques of seismology to detect and study distant phenomena, particularly explosions, including those...
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The Seismological Society of America (SSA) is an international scientific society devoted to the advancement of seismology and the understanding of earthquakes...
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Seismic wave (redirect from Body wave (seismology))
first given by Dr. Robert Stoneley (1894–1976), Emeritus Professor of Seismology, Cambridge. Free oscillations of the Earth are standing waves, the result...
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The Seismological Society of Japan (日本地震学会, Nihon jishin Gakkai) or SSJ is a learned society (professional association) with the goal of advancing the...
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Coronal seismology is a technique of studying the plasma of the Sun's corona with the use of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves and oscillations. Magnetohydrodynamics...
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Accretion disk (redirect from Disko-seismology)
An accretion disk is a structure (often a circumstellar disk) formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body. The central body...
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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS, Tagalog: [ˈfivolks]; Tagalog: Surian ng Pilipinas sa Bulkanolohiya at Sismolohiya) is...
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List of earthquakes in Japan (redirect from Seismological history of Japan)
"Status of historical seismology in Japan" (30 pages); Earthquake catalogue 47 (2–3); Collections: 04.06.05. Historical seismology; Annals of Geophysics...
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Marsquake (redirect from Martian seismology)
Lazarewicz, A. R.; Kovach, R. L.; Knight, T. C. D. (September 30, 1977). "Seismology on Mars". Journal of Geophysical Research. 82 (28): 22. doi:10.1029/JS082i028p04524...
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Earthquake prediction (redirect from Nowcasting (seismology))
Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of seismology concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude of future earthquakes...
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volcanoes listed as active by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Twenty-one of these have had historical eruptions. The three...
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of Volcanology and Seismology. Retrieved November 13, 2015. "Banahaw Volcano". Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Archived from the original...
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Francis Richter and published in his influential textbook Elementary Seismology. Not wanting to have this intensity scale confused with the Richter magnitude...
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Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) is a earthquake engineering and research center in Gandhinagar, India. In the aftermath of 2001 Gujarat earthquake...
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cataclysmic 1991 eruption. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) currently lists 355 volcanoes in the Philippines as inactive...
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Earthquake zones of India (category Geographic areas of seismological interest)
for Seismology Ministry of Earth Sciences is a nodal agency of the Government of India dealing with various activities in the fields of seismology and...
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The National Seismological Service (Spanish: Servicio Sismológico Nacional, SSN) is a seismological organization in Mexico that studies and records earthquake...
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Philippines, as classified by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML...
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Fluvial seismology is the application of seismological methods to understand river processes, such as discharge, erosion, and streambed evolution. Flowing...
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A Very Close Look at a Moderate Earthquake near Sudbury, Ontario. Seismological Research Letters 79:1 January/February 2008. pg. 119 Canadian & American...
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Lunar seismology is the study of ground motions of the Moon and the events, typically impacts or moonquakes, that excite them. Several seismographic measuring...
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The International Seismological Centre (ISC) is a non-governmental, nonprofit organisation charged with the final collection, definitive analysis and...
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Fault (geology) (redirect from Fault (seismology))
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass...
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New Delhi (section Seismology)
New Delhi (/ˈnjuː ˈdɛ.li/ , Hindi: [ˈnəiː ˈdɪlːiː], ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT)...
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found astronomy jobs scarce, so switched careers. She sees astronomy and seismology as similar: "Earth is a planet, after all, so it's sort of a matter of...
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Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) (Persian: پژوهشگاه بینالمللی زلزلهشناسی و مهندسی زلزله) is an international earthquake engineering and seismology institute...
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Epicenter (category Seismology)
The epicenter (/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntər/), epicentre, or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point...
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Seismic magnitude scales (category Seismology measurement)
condition called saturation. Since 2005 the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI) has standardized the measurement...
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