kingwinner Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Hello, I am confused by some details about surface waves as well! :confused: 1) How does surface waves affect the rocks through which they travel? I know that surface waves are a combination of P and S waves, so would they cause the ground to move BOTH horizontally and vertically and forced the rocks to move in many different directions? 2) http://www.darylscience.com/Demos/PSWaves.htmlAccording to this web site, Love Waves causing the ground to move in a horizontal elliptical path ("surface circle", as the web site says), as oppsed to Rayleigh Waves which cause vertical elliptical path! Does it mean that L-wave does exactly the same thing as R-wave but only particles are moved horizontally?However, the diagram in the bottom of the web site is not showing a "surface circle" paritcle motion, but straight arrows pointing in opposite horizontal directions...why? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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