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  • noun Plural form of microseism.

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Examples

  • The constant stream of data from ocean microseisms may allow seismologists to detect small vibrations deep within the Earth itself.

    Things That Make the Earth Go Hm Stephen Leahy 2005

  • Collectively, these ocean microseisms have an annual cumulative seismic energy comparable to that generated from earthquakes, said Kedar.

    Things That Make the Earth Go Hm Stephen Leahy 2005

  • Winter storms and steep coastlines produce the right conditions to generate pressure waves, which create these ocean microseisms, he said.

    Things That Make the Earth Go Hm Stephen Leahy 2005

  • "Newer digital broadband seismometers can detect the ocean microseisms," said Rob Clayton, a geophysicist at the California Institute of Technology Seismological Laboratory .

    Things That Make the Earth Go Hm Stephen Leahy 2005

  • 'No earthquakes here - only microseisms from the geysers.

    2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987

  • As Italy is one of the most recently developed parts of the mainland and of the crust that has risen above the waters, it is subject to the phenomena that are due to that internal energy of the earth called volcanism, which is manifested in the various forms of volcanic activity, in earthquakes and in microseisms.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Measured at 30-second intervals, these are called microseisms.

    Scientific American 2009

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