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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
seismology , scientific study of earthquakes and related phenomena, including the propagation of waves and shocks on or within the earth by natural or artificially generated seismic signals. Seismographic Instruments Instruments used to detect and record seismic disturbances are known as seismographs. Those in use today vary somewhat in design and function, but generally a heavy mass, either a pendulum or a large permanent magnet, is connected to a mechanical or optical recording device. When earthquake tremors occur, the pendulum or the magnet, because of inertia, remains still... Read more
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...human activities—such as impounding water behind high dams, injecting fluids into deep wells, and detonating underground nuclear explosions—in an effort to find ways of controlling natural earthquakes. seismology seismology seismology Read more
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Science of Everyday Things SEISMOLOGY CONCEPT Disturbances within Earth's interior, which...known as seismic waves. An area of geophysics known as seismology is the study of these waves and their effects, which...or energy as well as their intensity or human impact. Seismology also is used to study Earth's interior, about which... Read more

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The ground beneath our feet ; From understanding earthquakes to developing new technologies for effective exploitation of natural resources, seismology promises a career full of challenges.
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Seismology tools more sophisticated than ever
Newspaper article from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; 8/14/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...what makes our planet tick and rumble, shake and convulse. Seismology is among the youngest of sciences, and certainly important...insights of scientists. Not that prediction, the "Holy Grail" of seismology, is on the immediate horizon. But the work going on now and... Read more
Seismology--A Statistical Vignette.
Magazine article from: Journal of the American Statistical Association; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; 1. INTRODUCTION Geophysics, and seismology in particular, has a somewhat uneasy...disappointing misunderstandings. The role of seismology within geophysics is greater than its...first by tracing a brief history of seismology, and then by selecting a few special... Read more
China's Largest Seismology Exhibition Takes Place in Beijing
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/28/1997; 179 words ; ...their fears at China's largest-ever seismology exhibition, currently on show at the...Chen Zangli, director of the State Seismology Bureau, said that China has frequent...exhibition is co-sponsored by the State Seismology Bureau, the State Education Commission... Read more
Storage Area Network Increases Exploration Seismology Productivity.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Fiberoptic Product News; 5/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...Remington Oil and Gas increase exploration seismology productivity by 50%. Remington (Dallas...the application, Cox said. Exploration Seismology The majority of the company's drilling...identified with the use of exploration seismology, a geophysical method of determining... Read more
A HISTORY OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY OF SEISMOLOGY.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science; 1/1/2000; ; 225 words ; A HISTORY OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY OF SEISMOLOGY. Charles A. Rond IV, Center for Earthquake Research and...works with schools to encourage a greater interest in seismology, the earth sciences, and science and mathematics in general... Read more
Birth of seismology
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 4/18/2006; 457 words ; ...outbreak. One hundred years ago today, seismology - the study of earthquakes - leaped...moment the quake struck, the science of seismology moved from infancy to adulthood. Under...what has become the modern science of seismology. Some of those findings included: Earthquakes... Read more
[ In the bowels of Caltech's Seismology Laboratory ... ]
Newspaper article from: Whittier Daily News; 1/6/2006; ; 481 words ; PASADENA - In the bowels of Caltech's Seismology Laboratory, Earth scientists have a new high-performance tool crunching their data - the academic world's ninth most powerful computer... Read more
NYPA grant shakes things up at seismology lab.
Newspaper article from: Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY); 2/24/2006; 405 words ; ...will have his name linked with the school in perpetuity. The seismology lab in Timerman Hall will be named for the professor at 3...to buy computers and other equipment for the geophysics and seismology lab in the basement of the hall. With the computers and software... Read more

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