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Seismic waves fall into two general categories: body waves (P-waves and S-waves), which travel through the interior of the earth, and surface waves, which travel only at the earth’s … �;f e1�2�j�!P��b�m'dq)��k���RH����b�x�:A�G�s"8M3͓�Cg /Subtype /Form Waves propagate out from the epicenter along the surface on a three-dimensional view of the earth. $��獶!����az�s�[?zbr�Ǧ���D�Xރ�A�P���\���Q�,��W ��ɶ;?����$*"b}�Rt�䢌�s����;�����:$o,�HH �������?Gf��eb��E"���eL�6�($K�8k|��[.-n�(�Xn`�.^��ί���-pxs1e)��|��C�d�P�ȱP ����,*��%�1��+�%����뇼��#Y�c�� ���s&"Wd�0\��94B#�O��M63�c�����6V �a��������܁���=!��E�(�rZ��e�.���G�wd� ��Cbv�y@��cK���dh�#��g6��)�du��(�� `�C�dC�x�N�o �^B A body wave is a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth, as opposed to surface waves that travel near the earth's surface. >> endobj /Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0] /Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0] earthquake; these are body waves and surface waves. /Resources 49 0 R BY JOHN V. WEHAUSEN and EDMUND V. LAITONE l With 56 Figures. • There are two types of surface waves: Rayleigh and Love waves. x��}In.Kvޜ�� On the other hand, surface waves propagate only at the interface between two different media, like the interface between Earth and atmosphere (i.e. /Subtype /Form %PDF-1.4 >> /Filter /FlateDecode /BBox [0 0 8 8] stream /Contents 19 0 R endobj /BBox [0.00000000 0.00000000 129.00000000 53.00000000] /ProcSet [ /PDF ] a. travel more rapidly than body waves b. produce most of the damage to buildings during earthquakes c. are the first waves initially produced in an earthquake d. are the first waves to arrive at a seismograph station after an earthquake ____ 65. /BBox [0 0 362.8347 272.1261] Those waves that are the most destructive are the surface waves which generally have the strongest vibration. endobj waves can travel through the earth's inner layers, but surface waves can only move along the surface of the planet like ripples on water. /Resources 47 0 R x���P(�� ��endstream 11 0 obj Both types of body waves are non-dispersive (in purely elastic media). 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Body waves Introduction P- and S-waves are referred to as body waves because they are transmitted through the volume (or body) of the material, as apposed to travelling along the surface. waves together to the finite fault source study. /R7 53 0 R 4 0 obj The various problems of fluid motion treated in this article have in common the property that the fluid is subject to a gravitational force. Surface waves are typically generated when the source of the earthquake is close to the Earth’s surface. <>>> A. /Shading << /Sh << /ShadingType 2 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Domain [0.0 7.99997] /Coords [0 0.0 0 7.99997] /Function << /FunctionType 3 /Domain [0.0 7.99997] /Functions [ << /FunctionType 2 /Domain [0.0 7.99997] /C0 [0.875 0.75 0.625] /C1 [0.4375 0.375 0.3125] /N 1 >> << /FunctionType 2 /Domain [0.0 7.99997] /C0 [0.4375 0.375 0.3125] /C1 [0.4375 0.375 0.3125] /N 1 >> ] /Bounds [ 3.99998] /Encode [0 1 0 1] >> /Extend [false false] >> >> endobj stream Surface waves Introduction As a result of geometric spreading in 2-D, the energy carried by surface waves decays with distance r from the source as 1/r; this is in contrast to 1/r2 for body waves, which is why they are usually much less prominent on a seismogram. >> endobj As a longitudinal compressional waveform, P-waves move in the same way as sound waves. LINEAR FREE SURFACE WAVES FALL 2003 °c A.H. TECHET 1. The rest of the energy, which is most of the energy, is radiated from the focus of the earthquake in the form of seismic waves. Other articles where Body wave is discussed: seismic wave: …elastic waves; two, known as body waves, travel within the Earth, whereas the other two, called surface waves, travel along its surface. Our preferred model, which based on the MDC fault plane, local JMA hypocenter and calibrated alignments of body and surface waves, revealed a complex rupture process. As their name suggests, surface waves travel just below the surface of the ground. /Type /XObject >> <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/Annots[ 13 0 R] /MediaBox[ 0 0 595.32 841.92] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 47 0 obj << 19 0 obj << ��٘�M���&M'Q�%ȵ�v8��.>���0��Z� iqH�ȕ�m�[>�Ѱ�����j�t�֨��(�)�v���(H���k�&���a /FormType 1 Body waves are of two types: compressional or primary (P) waves and shear or secondary (S) waves. /Shading << /Sh << /ShadingType 2 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Domain [0.0 272.12549] /Coords [0 0.0 0 272.12549] /Function << /FunctionType 3 /Domain [0.0 272.12549] /Functions [ << /FunctionType 2 /Domain [0.0 272.12549] /C0 [1 1 1] /C1 [0.75 0.5 0.25] /N 1 >> ] /Bounds [] /Encode [0 1 ] >> /Extend [false false] >> >> Surfaces wave energy (amplitudes) decay with distance as 1 / r Body wave energy decays as 1 / r2 So at a given distance, which will have more energy ? stream /Type /XObject Because the volumes explored by surface and body waves are signi cantly di erent, the knowledge of /MediaBox [0 0 362.8347 272.1261] 9 0 obj << /Type /XObject Introduction. /Type /XObject kinds of body waves, and two kinds of surface waves. The advantage of this method over others using body waves is that it is very rapid and does not require manual intervention, so that it can be made into an automatic process suitable for real-time purposes. /Subtype /Form /Length 15 specific energy density of surface and body waves in a medium containing a homogeneous distribution of point scatterers. Earthquakes radiate seismic energy as both body and surface waves. Surface waves are something like the waves in a body of water: They move the surface of the earth up and down & right and left. P- and S- waves are called \"body waves\" because they can travel through th… /PTEX.FileName (./figs/anulogo.pdf) x���P(�� ��endstream In our model, the scattering mean free path of body waves is depth dependent as a consequence of the body-to-surface coupling. %���� From the point of view of the spatial concentration of energy, waves can be divided into body waves and surface waves. In view of its advantage during the study of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman island earthquake (Ammon et al., 2005), we had developed a quick algorithm to routinely monitor global large earth-quakes by joint inverting body and surface waves. /PTEX.PageNumber 1 BODY WAVES Traveling through the interior of the earth, body waves arrive before the surface waves emitted by an earthquake. 1 0 obj 10 0 obj << endobj endobj S��W���ut�R�y��"��buXEh�}�촴kF�숟C�F����pGNF��Y���`. /R8 52 0 R stream In order to determine an exact equation for the problem of free surface gravity waves we will assume potential theory (ideal °ow) and ignore the efiects of viscosity. /Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0] endobj Surface waves are the slowest moving of all waves, so the most intense shaking usually comes at the end of an earthquake. P waves are also known as compression waves. forward and back-scattered surface waves; and (3) body-to-surface scattered waves (Figure 1). Some of the energy is expended in breaking and permanently deforming the rocks and minerals along the fault. how waves propagate from an earthquake hypocenter to seismic stations across the globe. Although they move even more slowly than S-waves, they can be much larger in amplitude and are often the most destructive type of seismic wave. /Filter /FlateDecode /Filter /FlateDecode /ProcSet [ /PDF ] /BBox [0 0 850.3937 8] stream Surface waves _____. x��ZYo�F~7����!�}� ��#�,6X����b��Lˊe�#ʞ��ߪ�"%e`�0�}TWW}�U5����w߽���/������"I��췫���w�'�������sU&�w�g,)��%��E!�JTy%��G���U�,��"Y�Sm�~>?��~�owIV�?n�L��U��t�?.����}�:����\����#,�K��k�J��}N��o����Il����T��e���W�D�A��lV��0O����l&��_���'>�S2�����2Uc��o��`q��]�DzOg�Hu��������� ��A��@}�4j�U���'�v�f"}6��n�Q�7q�`]�B�n�� >> /ExtGState << �1���_��w�[I;��e����\�v�`���^ %PDF-1.5 P WAVES The … These waves cause shaking that is felt, and cause damage in various ways. 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