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The type of seismic waves known as secondary or shear waves are?
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What are the three diffrent kinds of seismic waves?
The three types of earthquake waves are the Primary wave the Secondary wave and the surface or Long wave
Which seismic waves travel the fastest?
Primary (P) waves are the fastest. Followed by secondary (S) waves, then surface waves. P waves
Seismic waves that cannot travel through liquids?
Shear Waves (S Waves) cannot travel through liquid
What are p-waves also known as?
P-waves and primary waves are the same thing. They may also be known as pressure waves (or compression waves) due to their mode of propagation, the way they move through the Earth.
What are the three types of waves caused by an earthquake?
P-waves and S-waves. P waves are known as Primary waves as they have a high velocity and so are recorded at seismometer stations before Secondary or S-waves. P waves may also be known as pressure waves as they are in fact compression or longitudinal waves. S-waves may also be known as shear waves as they are transverse waves.
Are shear waves and seismic waves the same?
A shear wave is a type of seismic wave.
What is secondary wave?
The S-wave is the secondary seismic wave.
Seismic waves that shear rock side to side are called?
seismic waves actually the correct answer is S waves. trust me if you put seismic waves it will be wrong
How are P-waves and S-waves related to earthquakes?
They are the names given to the two types of seismic body waves released when an earthquake occurs. P-waves are known as primary waves as they have the highest verlocity of any seismic waves and so are the first to be recorded by a seismometer and they are longitudinal or compression waves. S-waves are known as secondary waves having a lower velocity than the P-wave and so arriving at a seismometer station after the P-waves. S-waves are transverse or shear waves.
What waves are there for earthquakes?
Primary waves, Secondary waves, and Seismic waves
What type of waves move through earth by causing particles of rocks to move at right angles to the direction of the waves?
A secondary wave causes rocks to vibrate at 90 degrees. This earthquake wave can travel through solids but not through liquids, and causes rock particles to vibrate at right angles to the direction of wave travel.
What seismic waves occur arrive after p waves?
Secondary waves.
What are the three diffrent kinds of seismic waves?
The three types of earthquake waves are the Primary wave the Secondary wave and the surface or Long wave
What are two other names for s waves?
Secondary waves and shear waves
Which forms of matter can primary and secondary seismic waves travel through?
Primary seismic waves are longitudinal waves. Longitudinal waves can travel through solids, liquids and gasses (although seismic waves are of to low a frequency to normally be heard). Secondary seismic waves are transverse waves and only travel through solids.
Which seismic waves travel the fastest?
Primary (P) waves are the fastest. Followed by secondary (S) waves, then surface waves. P waves
Seismic wave that causes the ground to move in two directions?
secondary waves or otherwise known as s-waves
