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HAMMER SEISMIC TECHNIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seismic Prospecting
  • Geological Research and Exploration
CONT

In the seismic method, an elastic pulse (a small shock) is created on the Earth’s surface, by a hammer blow or a falling weight or by a dynamite explosion and the resulting ground motion at nearly points, at known distances, are measured, by what are called seismometers or geophones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prospection sismique
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

[...] méthode d'exploration géophysique [...] fondée sur la vitesse de transmission et la réfraction des vibrations traversant le sol.

CONT

[...] la méthode sismique [...] consiste à enregistrer les échos engendrés par la réflexion d'ondes élastiques sur les couches du sous-sol. Ces échos sont recueillis par des capteurs (géophones ou sismographes) posés à la surface du sol.

Spanish

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