CENTRAL THEME:
WE CAN TELL HOW THE ENERGYWAS RELEASED FROM ANY
SOURCE BY LOOKING AT THEPATTERN OF WAVES RECORDED AT
DIFFERENT SEISMIC STATIONSAROUND THE WORLD:
FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONSCENTROID MOMENT TENSORS
(CMT’S)
ENERGY RELEASES ON/IN THE EARTHTHREE GENERAL TYPES
1. ISOTROPIC (I)-METEORITE IMPACTS-CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS-NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS-PHASE CHANGES
2. DOUBLE COUPLE (DC)-EARTHQUAKES
3. COMPENSATED LINEAR VECTORDIPOLE (CLVD)-MAGMA INJECTION
TYPES OF WAVES RADIATED FROM DCSOURCES
1. BODY WAVES- P WAVES- S WAVES
2. SURFACE WAVES- LOVE WAVES- RAYLEIGH WAVES
WE WILL ONLY CONSIDER PWAVE RADIATION PATTERNS:
BEACH BALLS
P WAVES ARE LONGITUDINALMECHANICAL WAVES: THEYEITHER SQUEEZE (PUSH) ORSTRETCH (PULL) THE EARTH
ENERGY RELEASES ON/IN THE EARTHTHREE GENERAL TYPES
1. ISOTROPIC (I)-METEORITE IMPACTS-CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS-NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS-PHASE CHANGES
2. DOUBLE COUPLE (DC)-EARTHQUAKES
3. COMPENSATED LINEAR VECTORDIPOLE (CLVD)-MAGMA INJECTION
P & S WAVES RADIATE OUT INA QUADRANTIAL PATTERN
FROM THE FOCUS OF ANEARTHQUAKE
WE THEN PLOT THEDISTRIBUTION OF
COMPRESSIONS ANDDILATATIONS ON A
STEREONET