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Seismograph

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003324

An instrument that detects and records ground motion caused by seismic waves. It consists of a sensor, often a geophone or hydrophone, that converts ground displacement or pressure changes into an electrical signal, and a recording device. Modern seismographs are digital and record data for later processing and analysis.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003324
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeophysics
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003324",
  "term": "Seismograph",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "An instrument that detects and records ground motion caused by seismic waves. It consists of a sensor, often a geophone or hydrophone, that converts ground displacement or pressure changes into an electrical signal, and a recording device. Modern seismographs are digital and record data for later processing and analysis.",
  "subject": "Geophysics",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/seismograph/"
}

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