shear wave

1. See secondary wave

Example Sentences

Traditionally, it was thought that the rupturing of a fault moved slower than another type of damaging seismic wave, known as a shear wave.

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The idea that the rupture on a fault can move even faster than the seismic shear wave was theorized as early as the 1970s, said Elbanna, who is set to become director of the Statewide California Earthquake Center next year.

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"It breaks the shear wave speed barrier in the rocks and produces destructive waves that are stronger than what's generated by a normal earthquake," he said.

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The faster a shear wave travels in the organ, the stiffer the organ is interpreted to be.

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This layer appears to glide over a weaker region below called the asthenosphere, characterized by high seismic attenuation and low shear wave velocity.

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