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Secondary or S Waves are a form of waves which are produced as a result of shift in tectonic plates during an earthquake. Such waves only travel through solid surfaces and disintegrate upon reaching liquids. They always tend to adapt a back and forth motion as they move along. They are often referred to as "body waves".
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∙ 13y agoSecondary waves travel between around 3-4 km/s depending on the density and elastic properties of the earth materials through which they are travelling.
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∙ 10y agoTransverse seismic waves are known as secondary waves.
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∙ 14y agoSecondary waves, or S waves, vibrate side to side as well as up and down. Unlike P waves, S waves can not move through liquids.
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∙ 14y agoSecondary waves, or S waves vibrate or move from side to side and up and down.
they are also the most destructive and cannot travel through liquids
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∙ 14y agoSecondary waves are always slower than the primary waves. The exact speed depends on the material they're traveling through.
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∙ 13y agoIt moves up, down, and side to side
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Secondary waves can travel through?
oceans
What type of seismic wave does not travel through the core?
Primary waves ( P-waves) can travel through earth's outer core.
Do Secondary waves travel through the earths surface?
ye
What type of seismic waves cannot travel through water?
Secondary waves cannot travel through anything that is completely liquid
Which are faster s waves and p waves or surface waves?
The fast is primary wave which travels through liguid, solid and gas. This how Geologist know the outer core is liquid. Secondary waves travel through only solid. The primary wave are the first to reach the seismograph.
Exept where can secondary waves travel?
secondary waves cannot travel through liquids
Secondary waves can travel through?
oceans
Are the primary waves faster then the secondary waves?
Primary seismic waves travel the fastest.
Why secondary waves cannot travel trough liquids?
It's not so much whether they are primary or secondary; the waves that can't travel through liquids, or gases for that matter, are transverse waves.
What earthquakes travel through the earth's mantle?
Primary waves and secondary waves (body waves). Love waves and rayleigh waves (surface waves) do not travel through the earth's mantle. Though secondary waves do not go through liquids, the asthenosphere is only a semi-liquid, so secondary waves can still go through it.
What type of seismic wave does not travel through the core?
Primary waves ( P-waves) can travel through earth's outer core.
What cant secondary waves travel through?
Ocean
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.
How do sound waves travel compared to light waves?
light waves fast
Do Secondary waves travel through the earths surface?
ye
Do ocean waves travel faster or slower than primary waves or secondary waves?
only faster not slower.
What type of seismic waves cannot travel through water?
Secondary waves cannot travel through anything that is completely liquid
