Chapter 8 Section 1 Guided Reading
... _____ 22. Which of the following is the fastest type of seismic wave? a. surface waves c. S waves b. body waves d. P waves _____ 23. Waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases are a. surface waves. c. P waves. b. S waves. d. convergent waves. _____ 24. Another name for a pressure wave is a ...
... _____ 22. Which of the following is the fastest type of seismic wave? a. surface waves c. S waves b. body waves d. P waves _____ 23. Waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases are a. surface waves. c. P waves. b. S waves. d. convergent waves. _____ 24. Another name for a pressure wave is a ...
Directed Reading A
... _____ 22. Which of the following is the fastest type of seismic wave? a. surface waves c. S waves b. body waves d. P waves _____ 23. Waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases are a. surface waves. c. P waves. b. S waves. d. convergent waves. _____ 24. Another name for a pressure wave is a ...
... _____ 22. Which of the following is the fastest type of seismic wave? a. surface waves c. S waves b. body waves d. P waves _____ 23. Waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases are a. surface waves. c. P waves. b. S waves. d. convergent waves. _____ 24. Another name for a pressure wave is a ...
Earthquakes - section 12.1
... • The release of built-up potential energy causes earthquakes. • An earthquake is a stress reliever for a lithospheric ...
... • The release of built-up potential energy causes earthquakes. • An earthquake is a stress reliever for a lithospheric ...
Student Notes - Herzog
... • Every earthquake generates three types of seismic waves. – Primary waves, or P-waves, ________________________ rocks in the same direction along which the waves are traveling. – Secondary waves, or S-waves, cause rocks to move at _________________ in relation to the direction of the waves. – Surfa ...
... • Every earthquake generates three types of seismic waves. – Primary waves, or P-waves, ________________________ rocks in the same direction along which the waves are traveling. – Secondary waves, or S-waves, cause rocks to move at _________________ in relation to the direction of the waves. – Surfa ...
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... or P-waves, travel the fastest, so they are the first to arrive at some other point on Earth’s crust. Secondary waves, or Swaves, arrive next and these tend to cause more damage than P-waves. Although they do not travel as far as primary waves and move at relatively low speeds, surface waves tend to ...
... or P-waves, travel the fastest, so they are the first to arrive at some other point on Earth’s crust. Secondary waves, or Swaves, arrive next and these tend to cause more damage than P-waves. Although they do not travel as far as primary waves and move at relatively low speeds, surface waves tend to ...
EarthquakesHnrs2
... – Suspended mass hanging from a support that is attached to (and moves with) the ground. – Inertia keeps the suspended mass stationary while the ground moves below it. – The movement is recorded on a rotating drum or magnetic tape. – Prints seismogram (shows that waves are elastic energy) ...
... – Suspended mass hanging from a support that is attached to (and moves with) the ground. – Inertia keeps the suspended mass stationary while the ground moves below it. – The movement is recorded on a rotating drum or magnetic tape. – Prints seismogram (shows that waves are elastic energy) ...
Mantle flow in regions of complex tectonics: Insights from Indonesia
... [4] A direct diagnostic of seismic anisotropy is shear wave splitting: upon encountering an anisotropic medium, a shear wave splits into two orthogonally polarized shear waves traveling at different velocities. Shear wave splitting is described by two parameters: the polarization of the faster shear ...
... [4] A direct diagnostic of seismic anisotropy is shear wave splitting: upon encountering an anisotropic medium, a shear wave splits into two orthogonally polarized shear waves traveling at different velocities. Shear wave splitting is described by two parameters: the polarization of the faster shear ...
Section 20.1 - CPO Science
... Three conditions are needed for stickslip motion: 1. Two objects that are touching each other where at least one of the objects can ...
... Three conditions are needed for stickslip motion: 1. Two objects that are touching each other where at least one of the objects can ...
Seismic tomography - Italo Bovolenta Editore
... whereas regions where seismic waves slow down ind icate relatively hot, buoyant matter (for example, rising convection plumes). Seismic tomography has revealed features in the mantle clearly associated with mantle convection. Figure 2 presents a tomographic model of Swave speed variations in the m ...
... whereas regions where seismic waves slow down ind icate relatively hot, buoyant matter (for example, rising convection plumes). Seismic tomography has revealed features in the mantle clearly associated with mantle convection. Figure 2 presents a tomographic model of Swave speed variations in the m ...
Earthquakes
... (ii) Secondary (shear waves): 3.5 km/sec, particles move perpendicular to the direction of wave motion (Fig. 6) Longitudinal (surface waves): up and down + side to side movement; drag + shear!, slowest. Intensity of earthquakes Mercalli intensity scale Magnitude of earthquakes Richter's scale: For a ...
... (ii) Secondary (shear waves): 3.5 km/sec, particles move perpendicular to the direction of wave motion (Fig. 6) Longitudinal (surface waves): up and down + side to side movement; drag + shear!, slowest. Intensity of earthquakes Mercalli intensity scale Magnitude of earthquakes Richter's scale: For a ...
Chapter 32
... • All earthquakes create waves that travel through the Earth’s interior. • Earthquake waves = seismic waves • A waves speed depends on the medium it travels through. • During an earthquake, energy is released into the Earth’s interior and radiates in all directions, and travels to the surface in the ...
... • All earthquakes create waves that travel through the Earth’s interior. • Earthquake waves = seismic waves • A waves speed depends on the medium it travels through. • During an earthquake, energy is released into the Earth’s interior and radiates in all directions, and travels to the surface in the ...
Earthquakes
... • Eventually the build up of stored energy exceeds the strength of the rock and it fractures. • The stored elastic strain energy is rapidly released and propagates outward as vibration waves called seismic waves. ...
... • Eventually the build up of stored energy exceeds the strength of the rock and it fractures. • The stored elastic strain energy is rapidly released and propagates outward as vibration waves called seismic waves. ...
Distinctive Particle Motion of Surface Waves as a Diagnostic of
... Aligned crystalline anisotropy patently exists on a small scale within the Earth. The presence of anisotropy on a larger scale is hard to establish because of the difficulty in finding a seismological parameter, which is sufficiently sensitive to anisotropy to be used to determine its scale and perh ...
... Aligned crystalline anisotropy patently exists on a small scale within the Earth. The presence of anisotropy on a larger scale is hard to establish because of the difficulty in finding a seismological parameter, which is sufficiently sensitive to anisotropy to be used to determine its scale and perh ...
Imaging continental collision and subduction in the Pamir mountain
... particularly in oceanic subduction zones. Attenuation at this scale may be seen as a proxy for rheology and hence is very sensitive to e.g., homologous temperature and deformation. We use data from a twoyear seismic deployment of the Tian Shan-Pamir Geodynamic Program (TIPAGE, Mechie et al. 2012). T ...
... particularly in oceanic subduction zones. Attenuation at this scale may be seen as a proxy for rheology and hence is very sensitive to e.g., homologous temperature and deformation. We use data from a twoyear seismic deployment of the Tian Shan-Pamir Geodynamic Program (TIPAGE, Mechie et al. 2012). T ...
There are 3 types of faults 1 Normal Faults
... rocks slide past each other. This occurs along transform boundaries. (EX. The San Andreas fault) ...
... rocks slide past each other. This occurs along transform boundaries. (EX. The San Andreas fault) ...
CEUS Eq Overview
... CEUS seismicity concentrates in distinct zones and there are no zones that have escaped detection. Tectonic inheritance plays an important role in the location of intraplate seismic zones; most intraplate seisimic zones are associated with rifted crust. The presence of inherited structure may be nec ...
... CEUS seismicity concentrates in distinct zones and there are no zones that have escaped detection. Tectonic inheritance plays an important role in the location of intraplate seismic zones; most intraplate seisimic zones are associated with rifted crust. The presence of inherited structure may be nec ...
Origin of the Newberry Hotspot Track: Evidence from
... also observed at all 12 stations when the event back azimuth was parallel or perpendicular to the fast direction determined from other events at the same station (Fig. 2). The combination of null observations and wellresolved fast directions from other events at the same station indicates that a sin ...
... also observed at all 12 stations when the event back azimuth was parallel or perpendicular to the fast direction determined from other events at the same station (Fig. 2). The combination of null observations and wellresolved fast directions from other events at the same station indicates that a sin ...
Azimuthal anisotropy and phase velocity beneath Iceland
... Seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle is generally believed to be largely caused by strain-induced, lattice-preferred orientation of olivine aaxes. The fast direction of seismic anisotropy is consequently interpreted as a direct indication of £ow direction in the upper mantle [16]. The complex tect ...
... Seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle is generally believed to be largely caused by strain-induced, lattice-preferred orientation of olivine aaxes. The fast direction of seismic anisotropy is consequently interpreted as a direct indication of £ow direction in the upper mantle [16]. The complex tect ...
Evidence of active mantle flow beneath South China
... anisotropy, we filter the existing SKS data by only using stations where the surface deformation is low and less than 10 × 10e 9/yr (Figures 1b and S1b) in order to analyze only asthenospheric anisotropy. Additionally, because the data within Yunnan exhibit the same general anisotropic trend and have ...
... anisotropy, we filter the existing SKS data by only using stations where the surface deformation is low and less than 10 × 10e 9/yr (Figures 1b and S1b) in order to analyze only asthenospheric anisotropy. Additionally, because the data within Yunnan exhibit the same general anisotropic trend and have ...
Mantle flow geometry from ridge to trench beneath the Gorda–Juan
... Mantle flow geometry from ridge to trench beneath the Gorda–Juan de Fuca plate system Robert Martin-Short1*, Richard M. Allen1, Ian D. Bastow2, Eoghan Totten1,2 and Mark A. Richards1 Tectonic plates are underlain by a low-viscosity mantle layer, the asthenosphere. Asthenospheric flow may be induced ...
... Mantle flow geometry from ridge to trench beneath the Gorda–Juan de Fuca plate system Robert Martin-Short1*, Richard M. Allen1, Ian D. Bastow2, Eoghan Totten1,2 and Mark A. Richards1 Tectonic plates are underlain by a low-viscosity mantle layer, the asthenosphere. Asthenospheric flow may be induced ...
Surface Waves
... The second type of body wave is the S wave or secondary wave, which is the second wave you feel in an earthquake. An S wave is slower than a P wave and can only move through solid rock. (3.6 km/sec in the crust) This wave moves rock up p and down,, or side-to-side. • They are also called transve ...
... The second type of body wave is the S wave or secondary wave, which is the second wave you feel in an earthquake. An S wave is slower than a P wave and can only move through solid rock. (3.6 km/sec in the crust) This wave moves rock up p and down,, or side-to-side. • They are also called transve ...
How are seismic waves generated-Elastic rebound theory Describe
... P waves- P-waves, also known as primary waves or pressure waves, travel at the greatest velocity through the Earth. When they travel through air, they take the form of sound waves. S waves- S-waves, also known as secondary waves, shear waves or shaking waves, are transverse waves that travel slo ...
... P waves- P-waves, also known as primary waves or pressure waves, travel at the greatest velocity through the Earth. When they travel through air, they take the form of sound waves. S waves- S-waves, also known as secondary waves, shear waves or shaking waves, are transverse waves that travel slo ...
Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries
... of stress along active plate boundaries • Some earthquakes occur more than 100km below Earth’s surface • The deepest earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries – Here the denser oceanic plate subducts into the ...
... of stress along active plate boundaries • Some earthquakes occur more than 100km below Earth’s surface • The deepest earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries – Here the denser oceanic plate subducts into the ...
Grand Challenges for Seismology
... Seismology is the study of the propagation of elastic waves, the sources that generate them, and the structures through which they propagate. It also is a fundamental, highresolution tool for exploring the interior of the Earth from crust to core, as well as other bodies in the solar system. A rema ...
... Seismology is the study of the propagation of elastic waves, the sources that generate them, and the structures through which they propagate. It also is a fundamental, highresolution tool for exploring the interior of the Earth from crust to core, as well as other bodies in the solar system. A rema ...
deep structure of kamchatka northern volcanic group
... lithosphere and subduction processes. Here we present new results of a tomography study of the velocity structure from the surface to 200 km depth using P and S waves arrival times from 2386 local volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes that occurred during period of 1986-2001 and were registered at 11 se ...
... lithosphere and subduction processes. Here we present new results of a tomography study of the velocity structure from the surface to 200 km depth using P and S waves arrival times from 2386 local volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes that occurred during period of 1986-2001 and were registered at 11 se ...