Teaching Geophysics with a Vertical- Component Seismometer.

Authors :: Wijk, Kasper van
Channel, Ted
Viskupic, Karen
Smith, Martin L.
Source :: Physics Teacher; Dec2013, Vol. 51 Issue 9, p552-554, 3p
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The article focuses on a science experiment to measure and record earthquake waves by the help of seismometer or TCI. It mentions several details related to the construction of TCI including harmonic oscillator, magnetic damping, and analog-to-digital converter. It informs that anomalous signals received on the sensor of TCI needs to sent to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for its decoding.