seismic wave


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seismic wave

n
(Geological Science) an earth vibration generated by an earthquake or explosion
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Scientists have been stumped by the 20-minute rumble of a mysterious seismic wave which was detected earlier this month, Sky News reports.
When they compared oceanic hotspots with high levels of He-3/4 to seismic wave velocities, they found that these represent the hottest hotspots, with seismic waves that move more slowly than they do in cooler areas.
Based on the ABAQUS, Yong [14] studied the effects of tunnel depth, tunnel space, lining stiffness, the properties of surrounding rock, seismic wave incident angle, and seismic intensity on the seismic response of shallow double-hole tunnels.
In the STA/LTA algorithm, the most important factor for seismic wave analysis is to identify a seismic event that includes an external disturbance.
The ambient noise around the frequency can be explained as a persistent seismic wave field excited by ocean swell activity and is a significant source of noise in observations of seismic waves from earthquakes.
Scientists had previously detected only one type of seismic wave generated by a weather bomb.
Due to the randomness and uncertainty of natural ground motion, there is little research on the time frequency characteristics of ground motion, which is the reason why the artificial seismic wave is not consistent with the natural seismic wave.

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