UC Berkeley Tracks Tremors With Tremorscope
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Browse Full-length Non-member TitlesUniversity of California, Berkeley seismologist Peggy Hellweg discusses the difference between a tremor and an earthquake. She also explains how TremorScope stations record deep tremors along the San Andreas Fault in central California. These stations reveal complex faulting behavior in the deep crust that is surprisingly different from earthquakes in the upper crust.
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Runtime: 3 minutes 15 seconds
- Topic: Science
- Subtopic: Earth Sciences, Geology, Science Experiments
- Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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- Release Year: 2016
- Producer/Distributor: University Of California Television
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