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Area of ocean in which wind blows (fetch), wind velocity, and wind duration control the size of ocean waves.
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Which types of seismic waves produce the most damage during the earthquake?
Love and Rayleigh waves which are collectively known as surface waves cause the most damage during earthquakes.
What would happen if water waves were Compressional?
They would likely have much less of an impact than real ocean waves do. As it is, the only compressional waves that can move through water are sound waves, as water is, of the most part, incompressible, as are most liquids and solids.
What are the seismic waves of the Earth's crust?
Rock under stress breaks at the focus, releasing energy and vibrations called seismic waves, which travel away from the focus, through Earth's interior, and across the surface. The three types of seismic waves are: Primary waves: The first to arrive at seismographs Secondary waves: The second to arrive at seismographs Surface waves: The last and most severe to arrive at seismographs
Which wave cause the most movement of the rocks during an earthquake?
S waves
What travels faster P waves or S waves?
S-waves are stronger, but travel slower and can only travel through solids.
Waves that can make the ground roll like ocean waves they usually cause the most damage during an earthquake?
Waves that can make the ground roll like ocesn waves; they usually cause the most damage during the earthquake
Where do ocean waves start?
start off as ripples then gradually form into ocean waves.
What is the most common cause of tsunamis?
Tsunami are waves caused by sudden movement of the ocean due to earthquakes, landslides on the sea floor, land slumping into the ocean, large volcanic eruptions or meteorite impact in the ocean.
What waves cause the most distruction?
Secondary waves
What is the most common cause of waves?
wind and hot air is the main cause of waves
What are the ocean movements?
Waves is probably the most common.
What is the most common source for ocean waves?
a lake
Waves are the slowest moving waves and cause the most damage?
Seismic waves
Most ocean waves obtain their energy and motion from .?
the wind
What is the most familiar kind of surface wave?
Ocean waves.
Do surface waves or secondary waves cause the most damage in an earthquake?
Surface waves cause the most damage because they have the highest amplitude of all the types of seismic wave.
Identify which seismic waves cause most of the damage during an earthquake?
Seismic waves are produced by earthquakes, rather than the cause of them! The most damaging seismic waves are the surface waves of which there are two types. Love waves and Rayleigh waves. For more information, please see the related links and question.
