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A graph of time versus distance for the arrival of seismic waves at a series of stations.
Industry:Natural environment
A Japanese term for large ocean wave caused by movement in the sea floor related to an earthquake or volcanic eruption. A tsunami is capable of considerable destruction in coastal areas.
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The time rate of displacement of a reference point in an earthquake or the speed with which a particular seismic wave propagates in a rock.
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A generalised model of the crust consisting of units of different seismic velocity.
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A type of deformation in which a material behaves like an elastic solid when it is rapidly strained on time scales of seconds to hours, but deforms viscously by plastic flow over long periods of geologic time.
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A plot of the displacement produced by a seismic wave as a function of time.
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The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs of a wave.
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