An elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
〔地质〕地震波；震波
Example sentencesExamples
For three years, the seismometers recorded how seismic waves from hundreds of earthquakes worldwide bounced through the mantle.
In seismic reflection surveying, seismic waves are propagated through the subsurface and the travel times are measured of those waves that return to the surface after reflection at geological surfaces.
Earthquakes set off seismic waves in the earth.
If it does not, fault initiation may depend on additional transient stresses associated with seismic waves from local earthquakes that cause the stress state to rise above the initial failure envelope.
Just as seismic waves travel through Earth, infrasonic waves travel through the air.
Definition of seismic wave in US English:
seismic wave
noun
Geology
An elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
〔地质〕地震波；震波
Example sentencesExamples
In seismic reflection surveying, seismic waves are propagated through the subsurface and the travel times are measured of those waves that return to the surface after reflection at geological surfaces.
If it does not, fault initiation may depend on additional transient stresses associated with seismic waves from local earthquakes that cause the stress state to rise above the initial failure envelope.
Earthquakes set off seismic waves in the earth.
For three years, the seismometers recorded how seismic waves from hundreds of earthquakes worldwide bounced through the mantle.
Just as seismic waves travel through Earth, infrasonic waves travel through the air.