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Record 1 2002-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
CONT

... artificial earthquakes ... are produced by man through disturbance of subsurface conditions by any of several means.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
CONT

Si la perturbation [qui cause un mouvement du sol] est provoquée par l'homme, nous disons que le séisme est artificiel.

CONT

Aussi a-t-on cherché à substituer à cette Nature capricieuse la volonté humaine. Ainsi est née par l'enregistrement de séismes artificiels provoqués par l'explosion de charges de dynamite une méthode de «prospection géophysique» [...]

Spanish

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