Virtual earthquake
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| Audience/Grade: | 0-Continuing Education 9 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Civil Engineering Geological Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Unknown Teaching - Simulation |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
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| Publisher(s): |
California State University Los Angeles |
| Description: | Virtual Earthquake is an interactive Web-based program designed to introduce you to the concepts of how an earthquake EPICENTER is located and how the RICHTER MAGNITUDE of an earthquake is determined. A great introduction to how epicenter and Magnitude is determined. This is a step by step type page, where one project cannot be accessed until the previous is completed. Civil and geological engineers study seismic activity and the effects on structures. |
| Rating: | No Rating |
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| Keywords: | Seismograph epicenter focus earthquakes Richter magnitude seismicity |
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| Difficulty: |
Unknown Easy |
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| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Not free |
| Download URL: | http://sciencecourseware.com/VirtualEarthquake/ |
| Copyright and Use Restrictions: |
Copyright 1999 Geology Labs On-Line |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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