Seismology
Seismology: the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake environmental effects such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic, atmospheric, and artificial processes such as explosions. Seismic waves are elastic waves that propagate in solid or fluid materials. They can be divided into body waves that travel through the interior of the materials; surface waves that travel along surfaces or interfaces between materials; and normal modes, a form of standing wave.
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AUG 21, 2020Chemistry & Physics
AUG 21, 2020Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness ...WRITTEN BY: Daniel DuanAUG 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
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OCT 22, 2018New research published in the journal Science from scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) may change the ...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
AUG 21, 2020
Deep underneath our feet lies Earth's outer core, a fluid layer over two thousand kilometers (1,500 mi) in thickness
...
WRITTEN BY:
Daniel Duan
AUG 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
AUG 02, 2020
A team of seismologists reports capturing the aurora lights not on cameras, but on seismometers. They say that three 201
...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
OCT 16, 2019
Researchers have discovered a new geophysical occurrence—the “stormquake.” A stormquake occurs when a
...
WRITTEN BY:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
DEC 23, 2018
NASA’s InSight lander touched down on the Martian surface less than a month ago, and it’s already gearing up
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WRITTEN BY:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2018
Earth & The Environment
OCT 22, 2018
New research published in the journal Science from scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) may change the
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WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 03, 2018
Earth & The Environment
OCT 03, 2018
Roughly half an hour after a 7.5 quake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, twenty-foot-high waves followed. While
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 30, 2018
Earth & The Environment
SEP 30, 2018
New research published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America suggests a newly discovered caused for ea
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 30, 2018
Earth & The Environment
AUG 30, 2018
New research published in Nature sheds light on a recent development in seismology: scientists are now able to use machi
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 26, 2017
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JUN 26, 2017
An earthquake can strike almost anywhere at any time, given the right circumstances. They're most commonly caused by tec
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