Episode 44 - "It's not Richter magnitude!"
Don't Panic Geocast
English - November 20, 2015 11:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Technology computing geology geophysics geoscience physics science talk technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we talk about Bill Nye, earthquake magnitudes, and coffee.
Bill Nye
John got to see Bill Nye (@BillNye) talk at Penn State!
News article with photos!
Earthquake Magnitudes
Earthquake Size (C. Ammon)
Challenge is that earthquakes span a huge dynamic range. We measure ground displacements over about 9 orders of magnitude.
Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900
Kiyoo Wadati
Richter magnitude scale
Book: Richter’s Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man
Wood Anderson Seismometer
Body wave magnitude
Core Shadow Zone
Surface wave magnitude
Seismic moment
Moment magnitude
Example Seismogram
Resources
USGS Earthquake Notification Service
Harvard GCMT emails and catalog
Earthquake Storms - Dvorak
Introduction to Seismology - Shearer
An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure - Stein & Wysession
Fun Paper Friday
Do you like bitter tasting things? A study says that it tells something about your personality. Do you buy it?
Article about paper “Black Coffee Equals Black Hearts"
Sagioglou, Christina, and Tobias Greitemeyer. “Individual differences in bitter taste preferences are associated with antisocial personality traits.” Appetite 96 (2016): 299–308.
Contact us
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin
This week we talk about Bill Nye, earthquake magnitudes, and coffee.
Bill Nye
John got to see Bill Nye (@BillNye) talk at Penn State!
News article with photos!
Earthquake Magnitudes
Earthquake Size (C. Ammon)
Challenge is that earthquakes span a huge dynamic range. We measure ground displacements over about 9 orders of magnitude.
Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900
Kiyoo Wadati
Richter magnitude scale
Book: Richter’s Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man
Wood Anderson Seismometer
Body wave magnitude
Core Shadow Zone
Surface wave magnitude
Seismic moment
Moment magnitude
Example Seismogram
Resources
USGS Earthquake Notification Service
Harvard GCMT emails and catalog
Earthquake Storms - Dvorak
Introduction to Seismology - Shearer
An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure - Stein & Wysession
Fun Paper Friday
Do you like bitter tasting things? A study says that it tells something about your personality. Do you buy it?
Article about paper “Black Coffee Equals Black Hearts"
Sagioglou, Christina, and Tobias Greitemeyer. “Individual differences in bitter taste preferences are associated with antisocial personality traits.” Appetite 96 (2016): 299–308.
Contact us
Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]
John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman
Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin