Earth Science Room 6-128 Mr. Becker. Analyzing Seismic Waves.
Earthquakes. What is an earthquake? An earthquake is a trembling or shaking of the earth’s crust. Most earthquakes occur because of a sudden movement.
Earthquake Seismology: Rayleigh waves Love waves Dispersion Follows mainly on: Lay and Wallace, Modern global seismology, Academic Press. Stein and Wysession,
EARTHQUAKES. DEFINITION Vibrations in the ground caused by a release of energy along faults, (breaks), in the Earth’s lithosphere as a result of plate.
Seismic Wave Propagation. LL F L F = k * L/L (Hooke’s Law) k = Young’s modulus Rand quartzite strain Elastic Materials.
Surface wave radiation.
(50°) B D 1, N 2 N 1, D 2.
