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Earthquake Terms

Earthquake Terms. Seismometer Seismograph Richter Scale Subduction Zone. Earthquake Seismic Wave Focus Epicenter Body wave P-wave S-wave Surface wave. Continental Crust Terms. Orogeny Epeirogeny Terrane Accreted Terrane Craton Shield Mantle Plume Hot Spot Volcanism.

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Earthquake Terms

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  1. Earthquake Terms • Seismometer • Seismograph • Richter Scale • Subduction Zone • Earthquake • Seismic Wave • Focus • Epicenter • Body wave • P-wave • S-wave • Surface wave

  2. Continental Crust Terms • Orogeny • Epeirogeny • Terrane • Accreted Terrane • Craton • Shield • Mantle Plume • Hot Spot Volcanism

  3. Interior Terms • Peridotite • Eclogite • Spinel • Perovskite • Xenolith • Discontinuity • Phase Change • Tomography • Kimberlite • Crust • Oceanic • Continental • Mantle • Upper • Transition • Lower • Core • Outer • Inner

  4. Interior Terms • Basalt • Chondrule • Multi-anvil press • Diamond anvil cell • Convection • Magnetic reversal • Dynamo • Magnetic field

  5. Energy Resource Terms • Fossil fuel • Oil shale • Tar sand • Renewable • Biomass • Hydroelectric • Geothermal • Resource • Reserve • Greenhouse gas • Lignite • Bituminous coal • Anthracite • MOX • Breeder reactor • Fusion • Spent fuel • Fission product • Transuranic • Light water reactor

  6. Mineral Resource Terms • Lithophile Metals • Chalcophile Metals • Siderophile Metals • Hydrothermal • Supergene

  7. Earth Systems Terms • Carbon Cycle • Rock Cycle • Mantle Cycle • Greenhouse Gas • El Niño • La Niña

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