英语地震术语terms related to earthquake.docVIP

英语地震术语terms related to earthquake Glossary of Earthquake and Related Terminology Accelerograph: A seismograph whose output is proportional to ground acceleration (in comparison to the usual seismograph whose output is proportional to ground velocity). Accelerographs are typically used as instruments designed to record very strong ground motion useful in engineering design; seismographs commonly record off scale in these circumstances. Normally, strong motion instruments do not record unless triggered by strong ground motion. (Noson, et.al., 1988) Aftershock: One of many earthquakes th