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seismololgy |
The study of earthquakes |
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deformation |
The bending,tilting, and breaking of the earths crust; the change in the shapes of rock in response to stress |
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elastic rebound |
the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape |
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seismic wave |
A wave of energy that travels through the earth, away from an earthquake in all directions |
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p wave |
A seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in back and forth direction |
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s wave |
A seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in side to side direction |
