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No, but P and S waves are used for earthquakes..and everybody should know that p waves come befoe s waves during an earthquake and maybe even during an aftershock....
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What is the area of the earth that is unaffected by both P S waves?
The shadow zone
How does earths solid inner core affect seismic waves?
They go faster through the inner core than the liquid outer core.
What wave is a transverse wave that occurs with earthquakes?
S-waves (or Secondary waves) and Love waves are both transverse seismic waves.
What is the difference between seismic waves and seismograph?
A seismograph is an instrument that measures the seismic wave activity in an area. According to Wikipedia, Seismometersare instruments that measure and record motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, nuclear explosions, and other seismic sources. Records of seismic waves allow seismologists to map the interior of the Earth, and locate and measure the size of these different sources. A seismic wave, according to wikipedia is, "Seismic waves are waves of force that travel through the Earth or other elastic body, for example as the result of an earthquake, explosion, or some other process that imparts forces to the body. Seismic waves are also continually excited on Earth by the incessant pounding of ocean waves (referred to as the microseism) and the wind."Seismograph is another Greek term from seismós and γράφω, gráphō, to draw. It is often used to mean seismometer, though it is more applicable to the older instruments in which the measuring and recording of ground motion were combined than to modern systems, in which these functions are separated. Both types provide a continuous record of ground motion; this distinguishes them from seismoscopes, which merely indicate that motion has occurred, perhaps with some simple measure of how large it was.
What are the differences between primary and secondary and seismic waves?
Firstly, there are 3 types of seismic waves. Long Waves, Primary Waves(Longitudinal) and Secondary Waves(Transverse). Long Waves travel quickly along the Earth's crust, the thin outer layer. Primary Waves are longitudinal waves, they can travel both through solids andliquids, so they travel through the crust, the mantle, and the outer core (note that they refract through each layer, as each layer has a different density. Secondary Waves are transverse waves, they can only travel through solids, so they go through the inner and outer mantles, and curve away from the cores.
What is the area of the earth that is unaffected by both P and S waves?
The shadow zone
What is the area of the earth that is unaffected by both P S waves?
The shadow zone
What is the area of the earth that's unaffected by both p and s waves?
none, p-waves can travel anywhere
Which area of earth is unaffected by both p and s waves?
The Crust of the Earth
What area of earth is not affected by both p and s waves?
The liquid outer core of the Earth's interior refracts p-waves at the boundary with the mantle, and does not carry s-waves.
What are the differences between the waves?
P' waves and 'S' waves are both seismic waves that travel through the Earth. 'S'waves are unable to go through any liquid. 'P' waves, on the other hand, can go through both solids and liquids.
What are differences between the two surface waves?
P' waves and 'S' waves are both seismic waves that travel through the Earth. 'S'waves are unable to go through any liquid. 'P' waves, on the other hand, can go through both solids and liquids.
What do primary and surface waves have in common?
Both waves travel along Earth's surface and decrease in amplitude with depth below the surface.
What do vertical and horizontal surface waves have in common?
Both waves travel along Earth's surface and decrease in amplitude with depth below the surface.
What techniques do you find in common between how we probe the internal structure of the Sun and the internal structure of Earth?
We use seismic waves (or pressure waves) to interpret the internal structure of both the sun and earth. When studying the sun it is called helioseismology on earth it is just called seismology
How does the structure of the earth's interior affect seismic waves?
Earthquakes are made up of 4 different seismic waves, P, S, L and R. L and R are surface waves, and have virtually nothing to do with the interior. However, P and S are body waves and do. P waves are compressional waves, that is they push and pull against rock in the same direction as the waves move. They are the fastest. S waves vibrate material up and down. Both travel faster in more dense material, and P waves travel slower in liquid while S waves are unable to move through liquid at all. As the Earth's outer core is liquid, and inner core is very dense, this affects the waves as they travel through the Earth. It speeds them up and slows them down according to the density. Because S can't go through the outer core, there is a "shadow zone" at a certain area on the Earth where there are no S waves at all. P waves also have a smaller shadow zone, where the waves are diflected and bent within the outer core.
Is polarization a property of transverse waves longiudinal waves or both?
both
