What are surface waves ?

Anabella Gilbert

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2022-12-28

What are surface waves ?

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Mara Holder

Mara Holder

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A seismic wave that travels across the surface of the Earth as opposed to through it. Body waves often have shorter wavelengths and smaller amplitudes than surface waves, and they travel more slowly than body waves do. Love waves and Rayleigh waves are kinds of surface waves

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