Essays Tagged: "seismographs"

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s apart,Which can create minor earthquakes on and or around the mountain.These can be detected on a seismographs.A seismograph picks up the seismic waves the earthquake gives off and records them.A se ... es the waves,called a seismogram,on a revolving drum.A comparison can be used.They take two or more seismographs readings to pin point exactly where the magma is trying to surface.This technique is su ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Earthquakes

lines, which are jagged. This record is known as a seismogram. Seismologist use different types of seismographs to record the information of different kinds of earthquakes. The older seismographs wer ... ation of different kinds of earthquakes. The older seismographs were mechanical, however, the newer seismographs used today are electronic. The electronic seismographs use electronic signals to record ...

(4 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences