Earthquakes
Study Questions: Elastic Waves 1) What is an elastic material? 2) Give formulas for the velocities of P and S waves. 3) Describe the particle motion associated with P and S waves. 4) Describe the particle motion associated with Love and Rayleigh waves. 5) What distinguishes body waves from surface waves? 6) What types of elastic waves propagate in a fluid? 7) On a seismogram, which wave arrives first, P or S? Rayleigh or Love? 8) Sketch the travel paths inside the earth of the following waves: pP PKKP SSS ScS sSKS