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单词 seismic survey
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seismic survey
1. Pertaining to, relating to, characteristic of, connected with, or produced by an earthquake, earthquakes, or earth-vibration. Also, relating to or involving earth vibrations produced artificially by explosions. seismic survey, (a) a survey of an area in connection with its liability to earthquakes; (b) a survey (for oil and gas) employing seismic methods.
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1858 R. Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 7 The period of the year at which seismic action appears to be greatest.
1858 R. Mallet in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 18 Whether, as a seismic region, Northern Africa have a centre disturbance of its own [etc.].
1877 Rudler in Encycl. Brit. VII. 611/1 The depth of the seismic focus is easily determined. For since the waves radiate from this focus, any two wave-paths when produced backwards will meet at the seismic centre.
1887 G. H. Darwin in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 267 Regions subject to earthquakes, or seismic areas.
1887 Trans. Seismol. Soc Japan 10 36 The first method of avoiding earthquake motion in a given district is to make a seismic survey of that area.
1935 Geol. Natural Gas (Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists) 664 Seismic surveys isolated a relatively small area with structural closure on the upthrown side of the fault.
1941 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 25 1261 The unsolved problems in the field of seismic surveying require for their solution a more complete understanding of the properties of the earth strata.
1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. xii. 206 Near the middle of the sheet the ice has been shown by seismic methods..to be over 8,000 feet thick.
1969 Times 16 July 4/2 The scientific equipment bay where the seismic experiment and the laser rangefinding device are stowed.
1972 Daily Tel. 1 May 2/7 Seismic studies show these areas could be almost as rich in oil and gas as the North Sea.
1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 405/1 The first stage in oil and gas exploration is usually in the form of seismic surveys.
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