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Seismic Waves and Seismometry 05
Seismic Waves and Seismometry 05
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Seismographs
Physics of Waves
Wave Simulations
Colorado School of Mines Tutorial
Wave Basics
Elastic Materials
L
F
strain
L
F(x) F (x+dx)
A
x u u+ du
x + dx
Net force = F(x+dx) – F(x) = F = [*Area*dx] *acceleration
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/quakes.htm
Seismic Waves
P
Body
S
Love
Surface
Rayleigh
Surface (Rayleigh) Waves
Seismic Wave Speeds
Material P wave Velocity (m/s) S wave Velocity (m/s)
Air 332
Water 1400-1500
Petroleum 1300-1400
earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/games/
coloring/seismograph.gif
www.gpc.peachnet.edu/~pgore/ geology/geo101/quakelec.htm
Pendulum Seismograph
T= 2 L/g
For T= 1 sec, L = .2 m
T= 20 sec, L = 99 m
www.psd.wednet.edu/jrsrhigh/ science/seismograph.GIF
Seismograph Response
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC202Notes/quakes.htm
Seismograph Response Curve
www.geophys.uni-stuttgart.de/.../ man_html/node10.html
Dispersion
Love Waves
Bolt, 1993
Horizontal Seismograph
(Swinging gate)
library.thinkquest.org/ 15616/aard4n.html
Seismic Station
Seismic Pier
Remote Display
Seismometer/graph Menagerie