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Your search for: earthquakes AND seismology


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Research Topics on: earthquakes seismology

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Books on: earthquakes seismology

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Journal Articles on: earthquakes seismology

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Magazine Articles on: earthquakes seismology

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    Earthquake!
    Magazine article; Popular Science, Vol. 250, June 1997
    Subjects: 
    Earthquakes, Seismology
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...natural occurrences.-C.W. Earthquakes are principally caused by the fracturing...fault Lines. The point at which an earthquake originates is called the focus...invented a seismograph for measuring earthquakes. Dragon figures, each with a...points of the compass. When an earthquake struck, a pendulum inside the...About 90 percent of the worlds earthquakes occur in a zone surrounding the...Pacific belt. The strongest earthquake in the United States struck near...
     
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    "Seeing" Earthquakes
    Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 113, October 2004
    Subjects: 
    Earthquakes, Real time, Seismology
    Collections: Entire Library

    "Seeing" Earthquakes Its reassuring for some...and Japan are at risk for earthquakes-but incorrect. A colorful...real-time, three-drum earthquake station unveiled this summer...the seismograph shows that earthquakes occur daily and continually...Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) and the U.S...
     
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    Christchurch Contemplates an Uncertain Future after Earthquakes
    Magazine article by Layla Dawson; The Architectural Review, Vol. 229, April 2011
    Subjects: 
    Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake, 2011--Influence, Earthquakes--Influence, Earthquakes--New Zealand, Seismology--Environmental policy
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...Contemplates an Uncertain Future after Earthquakes. by Layla Dawson The humanitarian...city of Christchurch after two major earthquakes. The country is an anti-nuclear...the aftermath of two Christchurch earthquakes and many aftershocks has been compared...that has proved geologically unsafe? Earthquake recovery minister Gerry Brownlee has...
     
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    The Aftershocks That Weren't
    Magazine article by Susan Elizabeth Hough; Natural History, Vol. 110, March 2001
    Subjects: 
    Earthquakes, Seismology
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...scale fame, observed that "an earthquake of consequence is never an isolated...large temblor, or main shock. As earthquakes go, aftershocks are remarkably...failure. What, then, can triggered earthquakes tell us about earthquake processes in general? Scientists...delivered by the shaking from a distant earthquake. The idea of earthquakes as the culmination of runaway crack...
     
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    Faking the Big One
    Magazine article by Harald Franzen; Popular Science, Vol. 262, April 2003
    Subjects: 
    California, Earthquakes, Seismology
    Collections: Entire Library

    ...foundations, one of the big unknowns in earthquake engineering. The UCSD complex is...National Science Foundation to strengthen earthquake research facilities in the U.S...Nothing is going to make these earthquakes go away," says Fumal.--HARALD...MANAGEMENT AGENCY ESTIMATES FUTURE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE COULD AVERAGE $4.4 BILLION...
     

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Newspaper Articles on: earthquakes seismology

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    450 Aftershocks from 2 Earthquakes Recorded
    Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 29, 2008
    Subjects: 
    Earthquakes, Seismology
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Aftershocks from 2 Earthquakes Recorded. The Philippine...of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has...aftershocks from the two earthquakes that originated in...Mindoro. Saturdays two earthquakes that were tectonic...
     
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    Off-Shore Earthquake; Tremors Hit before Christchurch Disaster
    Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), March 7, 2011
    Subjects: 
    Earthquakes, Seismology
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...despite the 3.8 magnitude earthquake that occured 140km north...Systems and Services head of seismology Adam Pascale said it was...our region. He said the earthquake, which happened out at...it is Co a one magnitude earthquake would feel about the size...Cyen he said. While earthquakes out at sea can summon thoughts...
     
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    5.3 Earthquake Hits Mindanao
    Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 15, 2010
    Subjects: 
    Earthquake intensity, Earthquakes, Seismology
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Hits Mindanao. Another earthquake hit Mindanao for the second...Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said.PHIVOLCS...doors rattle.PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale described that Intensity 4 earthquakes are generally felt by people...slightly.The tectonic earthquake was also felt at Intensity...
     
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    World's Strongest Earthquakes
    Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 28, 2010
    Subjects: 
    Earthquakes, Seismology, Tsunamis
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Worlds Strongest Earthquakes. Here is a list of earthquakes that registered at least...1960: A magnitude 9.5 earthquake in southern Chile and ensuing...1950: A magnitude 8.6 earthquake in Assam, Tibet, killed...Research Institutions for Seismology and WHOs International Disaster...
     
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    Nationwide Earthquake Drill Begins in San Juan
    Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 18, 2010
    Subjects: 
    Earthquakes, Seismology
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Nationwide Earthquake Drill Begins in San Juan. An earthquake drill to assess the readiness...School in San Juan City.The earthquake drill, with the them...Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Renato...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: earthquakes seismology

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    Seismology
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...called the founder of seismology, was one of the...scientific studies of earthquakes. By analyzing seismic data from a 1909 earthquake near Zagreb (now...also based on the earthquakes effects on the surface. Applications of Seismology One aspect of seismology is concerned with...the earth. Past earthquake studies have shown...
     
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    Earthquake
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...bridges. In Jan., 1994, an earthquake measuring 6.6 with its...Scholz, The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting (1991); C. Lomnitz, Fundamentals of Earthquake Prediction (1994); D. S. Brumbaugh, Earthquakes: Science and Society...also bibliography under seismology...
     
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    Milne, John
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...stations throughout the world; he designed several seismographs. His writings include two standard works, Earthquakes (1883), and Seismology (1898). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
     
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    Wave , in the Earth Sciences
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...larger scale, by submarine earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides. In seismology , waves moving though the...disturbance generated by an earthquake or explosion. In atmospheric...displacements such as landslides and earthquakes can produce high energy...earth by the movements of earthquakes or explosions. Depending...
     
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    Dutton, Clarence Edward
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...and an authoritative report (1890) on the Charleston earthquake of 1886. As head of the division of volcanic geology for...mantle) under gravitational stress. His writings include Earthquakes in the Light of the New Seismology (1904). ____________________ Copyright...
     

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