Turbulent Origins of the Solar Wind
... fast wind needs something besides gas pressure to accelerate so fast! Steven R. Cranmer SHINE Workshop, July 31, 2006 ...
... fast wind needs something besides gas pressure to accelerate so fast! Steven R. Cranmer SHINE Workshop, July 31, 2006 ...
Lecture Notes
... outer core -students refer to diagram in their texts o Not just simple current loops - but swirling loops - like “weather in the core” -and each current loop creates its own magnetic field -these add together to form the Earth’s magnetic field o The liquid is always moving -bumping against the botto ...
... outer core -students refer to diagram in their texts o Not just simple current loops - but swirling loops - like “weather in the core” -and each current loop creates its own magnetic field -these add together to form the Earth’s magnetic field o The liquid is always moving -bumping against the botto ...
Turbulent Origins of the Solar Wind
... fast wind needs something besides gas pressure to accelerate so fast! Steven R. Cranmer SHINE Workshop, July 31, 2006 ...
... fast wind needs something besides gas pressure to accelerate so fast! Steven R. Cranmer SHINE Workshop, July 31, 2006 ...
How and Where Do Earthquakes Occur? Causes of Earthquakes
... • When an earthquake occurs, its energy radiates in waves away from the focus as shown in the previous figure. • Seismic waves that travel from the focus through the Earth’s body are called body waves. • Every earthquake produces two types of body waves, called P-waves and S-waves: – P-waves or prim ...
... • When an earthquake occurs, its energy radiates in waves away from the focus as shown in the previous figure. • Seismic waves that travel from the focus through the Earth’s body are called body waves. • Every earthquake produces two types of body waves, called P-waves and S-waves: – P-waves or prim ...
Earthquakes
... estimates the total energy released by an earthquake Can be used for any kind of earthquakes, near or far Some news reports may mention the Richter scale, but the magnitude number they quote is almost always the moment magnitude for that earthquake ...
... estimates the total energy released by an earthquake Can be used for any kind of earthquakes, near or far Some news reports may mention the Richter scale, but the magnitude number they quote is almost always the moment magnitude for that earthquake ...
earthquake
... – This motion in rocks creates seismic waves that move in a perpendicular direction from the vibration – These waves travel slower than primary waves – They are second to arrive at any given faraway ...
... – This motion in rocks creates seismic waves that move in a perpendicular direction from the vibration – These waves travel slower than primary waves – They are second to arrive at any given faraway ...
Earthquakes
... Each station knows the distance to the epicentre but not it’s direction. When the data from three stations are plotted, the point where they intersect locates the epicentre. ...
... Each station knows the distance to the epicentre but not it’s direction. When the data from three stations are plotted, the point where they intersect locates the epicentre. ...
CHAPTER 15 SOME NATURAL PHENOMENA
... scale. Very destructive earthquakes have magnitudes more than 7.5 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes produce waves on the surface of the earth called seismic waves. Seismic waves are recorded by an instrument called seismograph. ...
... scale. Very destructive earthquakes have magnitudes more than 7.5 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes produce waves on the surface of the earth called seismic waves. Seismic waves are recorded by an instrument called seismograph. ...
Earthquakes
... Forces in Earth’s Crust (p. 162-168) 1. What is the force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume? ...
... Forces in Earth’s Crust (p. 162-168) 1. What is the force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume? ...
Earthquakes
... • They are caused by slippage along a fault in Earth’s crust. • The energy released is radiated in all directions from its source or focus. ...
... • They are caused by slippage along a fault in Earth’s crust. • The energy released is radiated in all directions from its source or focus. ...
STELLAR ABLATION OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
... terms of the escape of normally gravitationally bound heavier ions such as O+. One set of processes operates within and just above the principal ionospheric production region, at altitudes from 300 to 1000 km, to either produce ionization or propel initial upflows, or both. Frictional or Joule heati ...
... terms of the escape of normally gravitationally bound heavier ions such as O+. One set of processes operates within and just above the principal ionospheric production region, at altitudes from 300 to 1000 km, to either produce ionization or propel initial upflows, or both. Frictional or Joule heati ...
Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Near Loyalty Islands Thursday
... magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in the Northern New Hebrides Trench on Thursday January 13, 2011 at 16:16:41 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). At this trench, the northeastern corner of the Australian Plate subducts beneath the Pacific Plate at a rate of about 9 cm/yr (Map A on left). The 1990-to- ...
... magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in the Northern New Hebrides Trench on Thursday January 13, 2011 at 16:16:41 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). At this trench, the northeastern corner of the Australian Plate subducts beneath the Pacific Plate at a rate of about 9 cm/yr (Map A on left). The 1990-to- ...
Plate tectonics - Geological Society of India
... Most earthquakes occur along the edge of lithospheric plates. The earth's outer layer is made up of several brittle or rigid pieces or blocks, called the lithospheric plates. These plates may largely be made up of oceanic or continental crust or a combination of both. These plates comprise the entir ...
... Most earthquakes occur along the edge of lithospheric plates. The earth's outer layer is made up of several brittle or rigid pieces or blocks, called the lithospheric plates. These plates may largely be made up of oceanic or continental crust or a combination of both. These plates comprise the entir ...
Simulation of horizontal еlectromagnetic showers in the аtmosphere
... particles, mainly electrons, positrons and photons, develops reaching their maximum and then starts being absorbed. These particles are spread over a large area when they reach the ground. During their propagation in the atmosphere charged shower particles ionize and excite nitrogen atoms and molecu ...
... particles, mainly electrons, positrons and photons, develops reaching their maximum and then starts being absorbed. These particles are spread over a large area when they reach the ground. During their propagation in the atmosphere charged shower particles ionize and excite nitrogen atoms and molecu ...
Seismology A shaky science
... Seismologist study seismograms and can tell a great deal about earthquakes. It can indicate how far way the epicenter is from the seismic station and the energy released by the earthquake. Magnitude- the amount of energy released by an earthquake. Arrival time- the time it takes for seismic waves to ...
... Seismologist study seismograms and can tell a great deal about earthquakes. It can indicate how far way the epicenter is from the seismic station and the energy released by the earthquake. Magnitude- the amount of energy released by an earthquake. Arrival time- the time it takes for seismic waves to ...
Geomagnetic Deep Sounding in and around the Kenya Rift Valley
... during which time four magnetic disturbances were recorded. Transfer functions have been computed for each station, and are presented both as real and imaginary induction arrows and in an alternative ' maximum and minimum ' form. They show that a relatively shallow concentration of induced current f ...
... during which time four magnetic disturbances were recorded. Transfer functions have been computed for each station, and are presented both as real and imaginary induction arrows and in an alternative ' maximum and minimum ' form. They show that a relatively shallow concentration of induced current f ...
LT4ActivityPacket
... A wave is a disturbance that travels through matter or space. There are many different kinds of waves – like sound waves, light waves, seismic (earthquake) waves. Waves move energy, not matter, from one location to another. In other words, matter does not travel with the waves. All waves have prop ...
... A wave is a disturbance that travels through matter or space. There are many different kinds of waves – like sound waves, light waves, seismic (earthquake) waves. Waves move energy, not matter, from one location to another. In other words, matter does not travel with the waves. All waves have prop ...
Local copy - John C Lahr
... frequency travels is called the group velocity (Delta/Time). • The group velocity of surface waves is constant for a given frequency. • Generally, Love wave group velocities are greater than Rayleigh wave group velocities, which means that on seismograms Love waves usually arrive before Rayleigh wav ...
... frequency travels is called the group velocity (Delta/Time). • The group velocity of surface waves is constant for a given frequency. • Generally, Love wave group velocities are greater than Rayleigh wave group velocities, which means that on seismograms Love waves usually arrive before Rayleigh wav ...
Earthquakes - PH - teacher
... - Seismic waves that travel along Earth’s outer layer - Shake particles at right angles to the direction that they travel - Travel only through solids - Slower velocity than P waves ...
... - Seismic waves that travel along Earth’s outer layer - Shake particles at right angles to the direction that they travel - Travel only through solids - Slower velocity than P waves ...
Earthquakes
... Ground fissures caused by liquefaction near the mouth of the Pajaro River in California during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. When the surface of the ground oscillates, wet, sandy, and muddy soils can flow like a liquid. This is liquefaction. You can liquefy wet sand at the beach by pumping it up ...
... Ground fissures caused by liquefaction near the mouth of the Pajaro River in California during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. When the surface of the ground oscillates, wet, sandy, and muddy soils can flow like a liquid. This is liquefaction. You can liquefy wet sand at the beach by pumping it up ...
Mechanism of Earthquake and Damages of Structures
... in a vertical plane pointed in the direction of travel (Figure 7a). ii) Love waves move like S waves in that they have a shearing motion in the direction of travel, but the movement is back and forth horizontally (Figure 7b). Both Love and Rayleigh waves produce ground shaking at the Earth’s surface ...
... in a vertical plane pointed in the direction of travel (Figure 7a). ii) Love waves move like S waves in that they have a shearing motion in the direction of travel, but the movement is back and forth horizontally (Figure 7b). Both Love and Rayleigh waves produce ground shaking at the Earth’s surface ...
Earthquakes
... fracture, producing various types of waves that travel outward in all directions from their source. Most earthquakes (EQs) take place in well-defined zones at transform, divergent, and convergent plate boundaries. An EQ’s epicenter is found by analyzing EQ waves at, at least 3 seismic stations. The ...
... fracture, producing various types of waves that travel outward in all directions from their source. Most earthquakes (EQs) take place in well-defined zones at transform, divergent, and convergent plate boundaries. An EQ’s epicenter is found by analyzing EQ waves at, at least 3 seismic stations. The ...
Lecture 2: Theory - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
... Where do cyclotron waves come from? Alfvén waves with frequencies > 10 Hz have not yet been observed in the corona or solar wind, but ideas for their origin abound . . . . (1) Base generation by, e.g., “microflare” reconnection in the lanes that border convection cells (e.g., Axford & McKenzie 1997 ...
... Where do cyclotron waves come from? Alfvén waves with frequencies > 10 Hz have not yet been observed in the corona or solar wind, but ideas for their origin abound . . . . (1) Base generation by, e.g., “microflare” reconnection in the lanes that border convection cells (e.g., Axford & McKenzie 1997 ...
P waves
... How Do Earthquake Waves Travel? p. 134 Waves of energy that travel though the Earth are called seismic waves. Seismic waves that travel through the Earth’s interior are called body waves. There are two types of body waves: P waves and S waves. Seismic waves that travel along Earth’s surface are cal ...
... How Do Earthquake Waves Travel? p. 134 Waves of energy that travel though the Earth are called seismic waves. Seismic waves that travel through the Earth’s interior are called body waves. There are two types of body waves: P waves and S waves. Seismic waves that travel along Earth’s surface are cal ...