SEISMOLOGY

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is the study of the generation, propagation and measurement of seismic waves through earth and the sources that generate them.

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SEISMOLOGY

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The earth’s shape is an

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OBLATE SPHEROID

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the average specific gravity
of earth is about

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5.5

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the outer part of the earth is where the life exist.

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CRUST OR LITHOSPHERE

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is a 2900 km thick layer

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MANTLE

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Upper Mantle reaching a
depth of about 400 km made of

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OLIVINE AND PYROXENE

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Lower Mantle made of more
homogeneous mass of

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MAGNESIUM, IRON OXIDE AND QUARTZ

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SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF MANTLE

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5

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Core has a radius of

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3470 km

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INNER CORE HAS A RADIUS OF

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1370 Km

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the core is composed of

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molten iron, nickel, sulfur or silicon

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proposed the hypothesis that the continents
had once formed a single landmass before breaking apart and drifting to their present locations.

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German Scientist Alfred Wegener (1915)

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explains that the lithosphere is broken into seven large (and several smaller) segments called

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PLATES

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He proposed that a large continent termed Pangae existed in earth around 200 million years ago and was surrounded by an ocean called.

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PANTHALASA

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WHAT IS THE CONTINENTAL SIZED PLATES

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African, American, Antarctic, Indo-Australian, Eurasian
and pacific plate

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are areas along the edges of plates move apart from each other

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SPREADING RIDGES OR DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES

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are formed where the two plates move toward each other. In this process, one plate could slip below the other one or both could collide with each other.

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CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES

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These boundaries are created when either oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere (ocean-ocean convergence), or when oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath continental lithosphere (ocean-continent convergence).

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SUBDUCTION BOUNDARIES

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When two plates with continental lithosphere collide, subduction ceases and a mountain range is formed by squeezing together and uplifting the continental crust on both plates,

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COLLISION BOUNDARIES

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occur along the plate margins where two plate moves past each other without destroying or creating new crust

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TRANSFORM BOUNDARIES

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is used to describe a discontinuity within rock mass, along which movement had happened in the past.

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FAULT

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are mappable linear surface features and may reflect subsurface phenomena.

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LINEAMENTS

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The region on the fault, where rupture initiates is known as the

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FOCUS OR HYPOCENTER

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is the location on the earth surface vertically above the focus.

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EPICENTER

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Distance from epicenter to any place of interest is called the

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EPICENTRAL DISTANCE

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The depth of the focus from the epicenter is the

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FOCAL DEPTH

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The higher diameter along equator is caused by the higher ________________ generated along the equator due to rotation of earth.

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CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

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The oceanic crust is constituted by

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BASALTIC ROCKS

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continental part by

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GRANITIC ROCKS

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The mantle has an average
temperature of about

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2200 DEGREE CELCIUS

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The specific gravity of
outer core is about

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9-12

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The specific gravity of
inner core is

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15

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create shear stresses at the bottom of the plates which drags them along the surface of earth.

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CONVECTION CURRENTS

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interior portion of a plate is usually tectonically quiet, earthquakes also occur far from plate boundaries

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INTRA-PLATE EARTHQUAKES

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The earthquake that occurs at a plate boundary is known as

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INTER-PLATE EARTHQUAKES

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It could be a fault, a joint or any other linear geological phenomena.

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LINEAMENT

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is the direction of a horizontal line on the surface of the fault

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STRIKE

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measured in a vertical plane at right angles to the strike of the fault

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DIP

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The vertical shift along a fault plane is called

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THROW

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the horizontal displacement is termed as

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HEAVE

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the slippage occurred along the dip of the fault

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DIP-SLIP FAULT

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the movement has taken place along the strike

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STRIKE-SLIP FAULT

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The movement occurs diagonally across the fault plane

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OBLIQUE SLIP FAULT

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the hanging wall has been displaced downward relative to the footwall

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NORMAL FAULT

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the hanging wall has been displaced upward relative to the footwall

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REVERSE FAULT

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the foot or the hanging wall do not move up or down in relation to one another

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WRENCH FAULT

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which are a subdivision of
reverse faults, tend to cause severe earthquakes

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THRUST FAULT

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As the plate try to move relative to each other, strain energy gets built up along the
boundaries

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ELASTIC REBOUND THEORY