Solid earth geophysics 547-573 Seismology, Observational

Lee W.H.K.

Table of contents :
Glossary……Page 1
Introduction……Page 2
Ancient Writings on Earthquakes……Page 3
Writings of the Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries……Page 4
Intensity Scales……Page 5
Seismoscopes……Page 6
Long Pendulum……Page 7
Spring Pendulum……Page 8
Electromagnetic Seismograph……Page 9
Seismograph Networks……Page 10
Interpretation of Seismograms……Page 11
Appearance of Seismograms……Page 12
Record Keeping, Event Detection, and Data Processing……Page 13
Determination of Origin Time and Hypocenter……Page 15
Fault-Plane Solution……Page 16
Extension to Other Magnitudes……Page 18
Quantification of Earthquakes……Page 19
Geographical Distribution of Earthquakes……Page 20
Frequency and Energy of Earthquakes……Page 22
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Earthquakes……Page 23
Structure of the Earth’s Interior……Page 24
Discussion……Page 25
References……Page 26