Objectives For Final - Chapter 16
- Describe the elastic rebound theory for the occurrence of earthquakes.
- Describe and sketch the particle motion for the following types of seismic waves: P-waves, S-waves, Rayleigh waves, Love waves.
- Given an earthquake seismogram, identify the P-waves, S-waves and surface waves based on the relative arrival time at a seismograph.
- Describe and illustrate how a seismograph works.
- Given the location of seismographs, seismograms with P- and S- wave arrivals, and given travel-time curves, locate an earthquake.
- Distinguish between earthquake magnitude and intensity.
- Describe how Richter magnitude and moment magnitude are determined.
- Relate the occurrence of earthquakes to plate tectonics.
- Describe and explain the spatial distribution of earthquakes in a Benioff zone.
- Given seismograms for known locations, determine if a strike-slip fault is right lateral or left-lateral based on first motions.
- Explain the current status of earthquake prediction and why early efforts at earthquake prediction were not very successful.