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Earthquake Distribution and Depth
Fig. 10-4, p. 304
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Types of
Earthquake
Waves
Surface Waves:
Rayleigh and
Love Waves
Body Waves:
P - Waves and
S – Waves
Usefulness?
A summary of
some characteristics:
aka……
types of matter, rates,
rates with depth
Measuring Earthquake Location and Strength
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How many seismic stations would be needed to
locate an earthquake epicenter?
The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale
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Fig. 10-19, p. 321
Fig. 10-20, p. 321
The Earth’s
Interior
Fig. 11-4, p. 341
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Fig. 11-10, p. 346
Major Seismic Discontinuities
Mohorovičić Discontinuity: The boundary
between the crust and the mantle.
“MOE-HOE-ROE-vee-cheech”
Fig. 11-5, p. 341
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Gutenberg
Lehman
Fig. 11-5b, p. 341
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Earth’s radius =
6,370 Km
or 3,950 miles
Gutenberg
Lehman
(The next slide goes down
only 1,000Km)
Fig. 11-5b, p. 341
Fig. 11-7, p. 343
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