Source for study of Earth Interior
Direct Sources | Indirect Sources |
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Direct Sources
Mining/Drilling
- Two projects
- Deep Ocean Drilling Project
- Integrated Ocean Drilling Project
- Kola – Russia (Drill about 11.8 km)
Volcanic eruption
- Magma erupted → Cooling → Became Lava. (Study the Lava to find about earth Interior).
Indirect Source
Meteors/ Meteorites
- Analysis/Comparitive of Metrors
- Not give complete answer
Gramtational Anomaly
- The reading of the gravity at different places is influenced by many other factors. Difference is called gravity anomaly.
- Anomaly – Difference between Excepted & Actual Value.
- GEquator < GPoles.
Magnetic Anamoly
- Mineral Distribution among rock varies with region has different in magnetic property.
Study of seismic waves
- Body waves (Travel along the body of the earth interior)
- Primary waves (P Waves)
- Secondary waves (S waves)
- Surface waves (circum navigation the earth surface from the epicenter) - The body waves interact with the surface rocks and generate new set of waves. – More destructive waves.
- L waves (Love Waves).
- R waves (Rayleigh Waves).
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