Seismology
The Earth Scientist's Telescope
Lecture Outline:
An image of a magma body beneath a seamount located on the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The upper surface is bathymetry, the blob
beneath is anomalously slow seismic velocities associated with melt.
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Useful Links
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]Types of Seismic Waves
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Body Waves
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P Waves, compressional waves
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S Waves, shear waves
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Surface Waves
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Love Waves
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Rayleigh Waves
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Radial Earth Structure
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Crust
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Mantle
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Transition Zone
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Outer Core
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Inner Core
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Lithosphere
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Asthenosphere
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Imaging non-radial (i.e., three dimensional) structure