Seismic Waves
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- Created on: 26-11-12 14:21
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- Seismic Waves
- P
- Travel fastest and are compressional.
- They vibrate in the direction they are travelling.
- S
- Travel at half the speed of P wave.
- They shear rock by vibrating at right angles to the direction of travel
- L
- Travel slowest and near to the ground surface.
- Some surface waves shake the ground at right angles to the direction of wave movement.
- Some have a rolling motion that produces a vertical ground movement.
- P
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