source model

English translation: a mathematical model of the source of seismic waves

16:05 Aug 6, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Science - Geology
English term or phrase: source model
1:
Later, during the 1970s, the methods for assessing the tsunami levels evolved and numerical simulations based on source models of the tectonic mechanisms for characterizing the tsunamigenic sources that generate the sea floor deformations were developed and used.

2:
The numerical simulation of earthquake induced tsunamis based on a tectonic mechanism and source modelling was carried out only after the mid-1970s.

3:
The scenario tsunamis are a large number of postulated tsunamis for which numerical simulations are performed, each with different characterizations of the source model.

Earlier in the text, as the first sentence, we have tsunamigenic sources or seisemic sources. I'm think that the "source" in "source model" refers to tsunamigenic sources or seisemic sources, or source is used here in the sense of "reference". These three sentences that I added are the first three instances of "source model" used in the source text.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 13:50
Selected answer:a mathematical model of the source of seismic waves
Explanation:
"Source model" seems to refer to a mathematical model of the forces acting at the point where the seismic event which causes a tsunami occurs.

The introductory paragraph of the following article, though technical, may be helpful nonetheless:

http://booksite.elsevier.com/brochures/geophysics/PDFs/00061...





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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-08-06 22:29:02 GMT)
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The forces acting at the location of the seismic constitute just one element of the source model.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-08-06 22:29:25 GMT)
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* seismic event
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Piyush Ojha
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:50
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a mathematical model of the source of seismic waves


Explanation:
"Source model" seems to refer to a mathematical model of the forces acting at the point where the seismic event which causes a tsunami occurs.

The introductory paragraph of the following article, though technical, may be helpful nonetheless:

http://booksite.elsevier.com/brochures/geophysics/PDFs/00061...





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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-08-06 22:29:02 GMT)
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The forces acting at the location of the seismic constitute just one element of the source model.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-08-06 22:29:25 GMT)
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* seismic event


Piyush Ojha
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Can you give me your idea about the meaning of "source"? Does it mean reference models?


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agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
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