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SEISMIC WAVES
DEFINITION
-an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.
MAIN TYPES
BODY WAVES
Body waves travel through the Earth's inner layers.
SURFACE WAVES
Surface waves can only move along the surface of the planet like ripples on water.
SUB-TYPE
P-WAVE MOTIONS
the primary body wave; the first seismic wave detected by seismographs; able to move through both liquid and solid rock.
S-WAVE MOTION
secondary body waves that oscillate the ground perpendicular to the direction of wave travel.
RAYLEIGH-WAVE MOTION
surface waves that move in an elliptical motion, producing both a vertical and horizontal component of motion in the direction of wave propagation.
LOVE-WAVE MOTION
surface waves that move parallel to the Earth’s surface and perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.
CHARACTERISTICS
There are three major kinds of seismic waves: P, S, and surface waves. P and S waves together are sometimes called body waves because they can travel through the body of the earth, and are not trapped near the surface. A P wave is a sound wave traveling through rock.
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