Seismic Waves

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What is Seismic Wave?

• Waves in a Pound
• Sound Wave Analogy
• What is Wave?
• Wave Terminology
• Wavelength and Period
• Wave Speeds
• Sources of Seismic Waves
• Multiple Frequency Signals

• Snell's Law
• Seismic Velocity
• What is Seismogram?
• What is Elastic Behavior?

• Ductile Deformation
• Brittle Deformation
• Hooke's Law
• Elastic Constants
• Bulk Modules
• Shear Modules
• Poisson Ratio
• Typical Values of Elastic Constants for Selected Materials

• Ductile/Brittle Behavior through the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

• Body Waves

• Particle Motions of Body Waves
• 3D Components of P Waves

• Surface Waves

• Types of Surface Waves
• Rayleigh Wave
• Love Wave

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