Although both types of body waves can pass through solid rock, only ____________can also pass through gases and liquids. a. Love wave b. S-wave c. Raleigh d. P-wave
Although both types of body waves can pass through solid rock, only ____________can also pass through gases and liquids. a. Love wave b. S-wave c. Raleigh d. P-wave
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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travel at 2 to 5 kilometers per second, or about half the speed of the other type of body wave. This is why these waves arrive as later at the seismic station.
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Raleigh
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S-wave
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P-wave
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Love wave
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Although both types of body waves can pass through solid rock, only ____________can also pass through gases and liquids.
a. Love waveb. S-wavec. Raleighd. P-waveAs seismic waves go through the core, they are either absorbed or deflected. There is a regional called the ____________ that body waves cannot reach at certain distance from the epicenter.a. unpassable zoneb. S-wave wallc. deflection zone walld. P-wave shadowBecause of the way that seismic waves (body waves in this case) behave, it is probable that at least part of earth’s core is ____________a. brittleb. radioactivec. liquidd. metallic
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