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    Seismic data and earthquake seismology can be compared in three key ways: 1) Both record the arrival times of different types of waves (P, S, and surface waves for earthquakes; reflected P waves for seismic data) to understand subsurface structures. 2) Earthquake seismograms show wave arrivals over time for a single location, while seismic sections show reflected wave arrivals over depth for multiple nearby locations recorded simultaneously. 3) The waves in seismic data come from artificial sources at the surface and only record reflected P waves, whereas earthquake waves originate from natural quakes and record multiple wave types.

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    Seismic data and earthquake seismology can be compared in three key ways: 1) Both record the arrival times of different types of waves (P, S, and surface waves for earthquakes; reflected P waves for seismic data) to understand subsurface structures. 2) Earthquake seismograms show wave arrivals over time for a single location, while seismic sections show reflected wave arrivals over depth for multiple nearby locations recorded simultaneously. 3) The waves in seismic data come from artificial sources at the surface and only record reflected P waves, whereas earthquake waves originate from natural quakes and record multiple wave types.

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    Seismic data and earthquake seismology can be compared in three key ways: 1) Both record the arrival times of different types of waves (P, S, and surface waves for earthquakes; reflected P waves for seismic data) to understand subsurface structures. 2) Earthquake seismograms show wave arrivals over time for a single location, while seismic sections show reflected wave arrivals over depth for multiple nearby locations recorded simultaneously. 3) The waves in seismic data come from artificial sources at the surface and only record reflected P waves, whereas earthquake waves originate from natural quakes and record multiple wave types.

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    Railsback's Petroleum Geoscience and Subsurface Geology

    Seismic data and earthquake seismology: a comparison

    Conventional (Geology 101) earthquake seismogram: Seismic section: Multiple records of arrival of
    artifically generated P waves
    Record of arrival of various types reflected by a stratum
    of waves of energy, with waves in subsurface
    generated by earthquakes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.....n
    Earlier
    Arrival of Rayleigh
    Arrival of S wave
    Wave or Love Wave
    Arrival of P wave Two-way
    travel time
    1 (seconds)

    Earlier Time (seconds) Later Later


    Old style New style
    (American)
    Similarities:
    Time records of arrival of waves.
    Differences in seismic sections:
    Vertical time axis.
    Multiple records for multiple locations.
    Positive reflections darkened/blued (in American style).
    Artificial energy source with controlled time of release.
    (Commonly) only P waves.
    Arriving energy has been reflected.
    Vertical trace consists of multiple responses
    to mutliple reflected waves;
    Trace commonly if not inevitably consists of partially
    superposed responses.
    LBR 8180Seismic EQvsSection04 9/02 rev. 10/2011

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