Michel Van Camp

Gravimetry & Seismology - Gravimétrie & Séismologie - Gravimetrie & Seismologie

Scientific popularization papers:

• Fascinating geodesy :
  Some information on the gravity g :
  
  • The measurement of the gravity g
    
  • To learn about the FG5 absolute gravimeter and the definition of the kilogram :
    The FG5 absolute gravimeter : Metrology and Geophysics
    

Presentations (powerpoint)

• Smurfy earthquakes (for kids...and the others, with Haiti as an example): here
• The great 2011 Tohoku earthquake
  (Belgian National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics, 23 May 2011): here
• Seismology in Belgium since 1898 :
  
  •               History of the Belgian Seismic Stations
• About tidal phenomena :
  
  •        An introduction to Earth tides
• After a great earthquake, the Earth rings like a bell (sometimes for months):
  •          An introduction to the free oscillations of the Earth
    (Duck from Théocrite, © J.-L. & P. Coudray)
• The FG5 absolute gravimeter : here

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