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seismic wave: main types
Figure 18: Profiles of the quality factor (Q; see Table 2), viscosity, and electrical conductivity as functions of depth. The quality factor is determined for shear waves at frequencies of one to 100 hertz (periods of one to 0.01 second).
seismic waves: travel-time curve
The video thumbnail image shows a woman trying to break a bundle of pasta strands as part of a scientific demonstration.
How P waves travel
How S waves travel
How Love waves travel
How Rayleigh waves travel
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Inge Lehmann
Danish seismologist
Sir Harold Jeffreys
Sir Harold Jeffreys
British astronomer and geophysicist
Beno Gutenberg
American seismologist

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Cross section of Earth showing the core, mantle, and crust
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VAN, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: A building and car ruined during the earthquake of Van-Ercis on October 25, 2011 in Van, Turkey. It is 604 killed and 4152 injured in Van-Ercis Earthquake.
What Is an Aftershock?