seismology
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- n the branch of geology that studies earthquakes
- BRUCE BOLT, 75, pioneer in engineering seismology, which uses earth science to influence structural engineering; in Oakland, Calif.
- One day last week an Italian cabinetmaker named Rafael Bendandi, whose avocation is seismology, announced that the morrow would bring a violent earthquake to the Euro-Asiatic .
- But only if there are engineers and scientists to design the deep-water platforms, conduct the advanced seismology, route the new pipelines and so on.