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Is it true that surface waves move more quickly than p and s waves?

No, P and S waves travel faster than surface waves. P waves are the fastest seismic waves, followed by S waves, with surface waves being the slowest. Surface waves are responsible for most of the damage caused by earthquakes due to their amplitude and duration.


Are s waves faster than surface waves?

No, S-waves (shear waves) are not faster than surface waves. In general, S-waves travel at speeds slower than P-waves (primary waves) but faster than surface waves, which include Love and Rayleigh waves. Surface waves typically have the slowest velocities among seismic wave types. Thus, while S-waves are faster than surface waves, they are not faster than all wave types.


What type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first?

P-waves, or primary waves, are the fastest seismic waves and typically arrive at the surface first after an earthquake. These waves can travel through both solid and liquid materials, making them the first to be detected by seismographs.


What are two kinds of sesmic waves?

Two types of seismic waves are body waves (P-waves and S-waves) and surface waves (Love waves and Rayleigh waves). Body waves travel through the Earth's interior, while surface waves travel along the Earth's surface.


Which are more destructive body waves or surface waves?

Surface waves are more destructive than body waves as they move along the Earth's surface and cause the most shaking and damage during an earthquake. Body waves, on the other hand, travel through the Earth's interior and are usually less damaging to structures on the surface.

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What do waves and light do when they strike a surface?

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What are the sub type or surface waves?

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Echoes demonstrate which behavior of sound waves?

Echoes demonstrate the reflection behavior of sound waves, where sound waves bounce off a surface and return back to the listener's ears.


Do the longitudinal waves convert in to transverse waves in liquids?

ans:interesting question:I thought about it, and initially thought not, but then thought "what about the surface of the liquid?"If you strike the surface with a pushing force, the surface will oscillate in a transverse motion.I believe the answer is yes!


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What kind of scientist describes time travel and the behavior of light waves?

I am not sure that there are many scientists who describe time travel. those that describe light waves are physicists.