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What happens when p waves and S waves try to pass through the outer core?
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s waves cant travel through it
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What body wave can't move through the liquid outer core?
S waves cannot travel through the outer core because they can only travel through solids, and the outer core is liquid.
How does earths solid inner core affect seismic waves?
They go faster through the inner core than the liquid outer core.
Why don't secondary waves move through the outer core?
Because it has been proven that the outer layer is made of liquid and secondary waves do not move through liquid ^~^
Do S waves travel through earth's inner core?
While S waves (shear waves) can travel through earth's solid inner core, they cannot travel through earth's liquid outer core, which surrounds the inner core.So, unless the S waves originated inside the inner core (which seems unlikely) there are no S waves traveling through earth's inner core.
Which type of seismic wave can be detected on the opposite side of earth from an earthquake?
P-waves as they are able to travel through the liquid outer core of the earth, where as S-waves are not.
What happens to seismic waves when they pass through the liquid outer core?
There are two types of waves. There are S waves (sheer waves) and P waves (compressional waves). The S waves won't travel through the outer core because it's a liquid, but the P waves will go through it and continue going through the inner core as well.
What earth layer are s waves not transmitted?
S waves can not travel through liquids, the outer core is a liquid, so the S waves can not travel through the outer core. You can also determine that since the outer core is all around the inner core, that the S waves can no travel through the inner core as well.
What body wave can't move through the liquid outer core?
S waves cannot travel through the outer core because they can only travel through solids, and the outer core is liquid.
What happens when s waves hit the outer core of earth?
Because the Earth's core is liquid; S-waves can't travel through liquid.
What was assumed of the inner core as to how it transmitted waves?
We do not see shear (S) waves passing through the outer core. Because liquids can not be sheared, we infer that the outer core is molten. We do, however, see waves that travel through the outer core as P waves, and then transform into S waves as they go through the inner core. Because the inner core does transmit shear energy, we assume it is solid.
What happens to seismic waves when they pass through the solid inner core?
Seismic waves than changes direction and speed because of the matter it's passing through and the moving from different matter's (Inner core-Outer core)
Which type of waves can travel through earth's outer cores?
Primary waves ( P-waves) can travel through earth's outer core.
Shear waves will not pass through the?
Shear waves will not pass through the molten outer core of the Earth.
How do data seismic waves indicate that earths outer core is liquid?
Because since secondary waves cannot pass through liquids or solids, and the waves can't pass thruogh the outer core than that means that the outer core is not soild.
Does not pass through earth's liquid outer core?
S-Waves
Do p waves travel through the crust mantle outer and inner core?
Yes, however s waves can't; they can only travel through solids, therefore they cannot travel through the outer core, which is liquid.
Which earths layer are S waves not transmitted?
S-waves are not transmitted through the outer core.
