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Surfacewaives
: are suchseismicWaves
affect Wh'u'
generally. only the surface
of
earthanddieoutatlowdepth.
Also
- as waves'or
cal:
longperiod simplyL Wayed
surfaceseismic-wavescover
longest
dis'
.tance of all theseismicwaves.
Vulcanlclty: is a processwhich includesall 03:
processes and mechanisms which are re.
latcd to the origin of magmas. gasesand
Il
. alsocalledas
. - . vapour. their ascent and appearance on
the
dk'an-ves
ualwaves tnmsverse
or earth's surface in various forms.
or
' simplyS' .wavesare
su
wavesWthh
'wactlgrselsmic areanalogous
to chhert-Guttenberg discontinuity : The sudden
orlightwaves
npples wherein change in the composition and structureof
lesmove
c
atright .
parti~ the intcn'orof the earth at mantle-core bound.
totherays.3
angles
w
cannot through ary is called Wichert-Guttenbcrg disconti-
algves pass materi-
liquid nuity. There is sudden change of average
' Seismic density from 5.5 to 10 at the depth of 2900
wave::The-waves
generated
cun'enccof
bytheoc- km. which separates lower mantle from
eanhquakesare called seismic outer core.
waves.
Zone of low velocity : The zone of the interior of
isthescience
Seismology: thatdealswithdiffer~ the earth extending from 100 km. depthto
ent aspects of seismic waves.
200 km. depth is called zone of low velocity
Selsmograph: is an intmment which records the because of the fact that the velocity of
seismicwavesgeneratedby theoccurrence seismic waves relatively slows down in this
zone.
of earthquakes.