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The ratio of shear stress to shear strain of a material during simple shear.
Industry:Natural environment
Waves that radiate out from an earthquake’s epicenter rocking from side to side at a fast pace.
Industry:Natural environment
The waves of energy that are produced underground as rocks snap; when they reach the surface they cause violent shaking.
Industry:Natural environment
A locality at which the actual or potential effects of an earthquake are evaluated.
Industry:Natural environment
The relative displacement of one of two points on opposite sides of a fault.
Industry:Natural environment
The average velocity of displacement of points on opposite sides of a fault.
Industry:Natural environment
A large mass of snow, falling, sliding, or flowing very rapidly under the force of gravity.
Industry:Natural environment
A natural occurring layer of minerals and organic material capable of supporting vegetation.
In engineering, all unconsolidated material above bedrock.
Industry:Natural environment
The vertical arrangement of soil horizons down to the parent material.
Industry:Natural environment
Jerky frictional fault slip in which the opposing blocks of rock, held by friction, episodically and suddenly slide.
Industry:Natural environment
