GEOL 106 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mass, Surface Wave, Seismic Wave

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
• Course: GEOL 106
• Professor: John Hages

Document Summary

Faults: a fault is a break/crack in rocks along which there has been appreciable displacement, earthquakes happen when either ; in both cases, stored energy is released. Faults: the focus is the point" source of energy release on the fault, the epicenter is the point directly above (closest) the focus, seismometers allow us to: Measure the energy released during an earthquake: the inertial mass is at rest because it tends to stay at rest, ideally, you need three seismometers to measure energy released in all directions. Seismic energy waves radiate from the focus as body waves. When body waves reach the earth"s surface, some become surface waves. Surface wave motion is the most damaging to human structures.