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    STUDYING THE

    EARTH INTERIOR
    The earth is made up of three layers: the crust, the mantle, and the
    core. The study of these layers is mostly done in the Earth’s crust since
    mechanic al probes are impossible due to the tremendous heat and very
    high pressure underneath the Earth’s surface.
    What are seismic waves?
    The two main types of seismic waves are body waves and surface waves
    There are two types of waves a waves: the Love waves and the Rayleigh waves.
    Love wave is named surface. E.H. Love, a British mathematician who worked
    out the mathematical model for this kind of wave in 1911. It is faster than
    Rayleigh wave and it moves the ground in a Side-to-side horizontal motion, like
    that of a snake's causing the ground to twist. This is why Love waves cause the
    most damage to structures during an earthquake. The other kind of surface
    wave is the Rayleigh wave. It was named after John William Strutt, Lord
    Rayleigh, who mathematically predicted the existence of this kind of wave in
    1885. A Rayleigh wave rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls across a lake
    or an ocean.
    What Are P and S-waves
    • The P-wave (primary wave) is a pulse energy that travels quickly through the Earth
    and through liquids. The P-wave travels faster than the S-wave. After an earthquake, it
    reaches a detector first (the reason why it is called primary).. The P-waves also called
    compressional waves, travel by particles vibrating parallel to the direction the wave
    travel. They force the ground to move backward and forward as they are compressed
    and expanded. Most importantly, they travel through solids, liquids and gases.

    • The S-wave (secondary wave or shear wave) is a pulse energy that travels slower than
    a P-wave through Earth and solids. The S-waves move as shear or transverse waves,
    and force the ground to sway from side to side, in rolling motion that shakes the
    ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction of the waves. The idea that the
    S-waves cannot travel through any liquid medium led seismologists to conclude that
    the outer core is liquid.

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