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Seismology

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By: Matt East
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Decks in this class (13)

HazardRisk
How much of the worlds population...,
Why is there a larger impact from...,
What is the equation for earthqua...
6  cards
Earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
What causes earthquakes,
What causes the largest earthquakes
18  cards
Seismotectonics
Name the layers in the earths str...,
How thick is the earths crust rou...,
What depths is the asthenosphere
4  cards
Elastic Theory
What are the components of the wa...,
Describe in words what we use the...,
What is the generic wave equation
8  cards
Wave Medium
What is huygens principle,
What is fermats principle,
How to you get snells law
10  cards
Surface Waves
What directions so rayleigh and l...,
What are the main properties of s...,
What body waves cause rayleigh waves
8  cards
Energy and Attenuation
What is the relationship between ...,
What is the total energy of the wave,
What is the signifcance of geomet...
8  cards
the seismic source
What is greens tensor,
Explain the saturation problem an...,
Explain the concept of source dir...
4  cards
Measuring Ground Motion
What is rms acceleration and what...,
What is the arias intensity,
What is housner intensity a funct...
6  cards
Earthquake Size
What is macroseismic intensity,
What are some drawbacks of macros...,
What biases maximum intensity mea...
13  cards
catalogues
What are the minumum parameters t...,
What are the assumptions of the p...
2  cards
seismicity analysis
What is the gutenburg richter law...,
What are the two methods to obtai...,
What is a drawback of the least s...
9  cards
ground motion prediction equations
Why are they usually prediction i...,
What are some common variables us...,
Whats a way to break down gmpes i...
6  cards

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