Answer:
Main Types:
Body waves
Surface waves
Sub Types:
Body waves -
Primary waves and Secondary waves
Surface waves -
Love waves and Rayleigh waves
Characteristics:
Primary waves - the fastest seismic waves and can move through solid, liquid, or gas.
Secondary waves - travel slower than P waves
Love waves - transverse waves that vibrate the ground in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction that the waves are traveling.
Rayleigh waves - elliptical motion perpendicular to the surface.
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Answer:
Main Types:
Body waves
Surface waves
Sub Types:
Body waves -
Primary waves and Secondary waves
Surface waves -
Love waves and Rayleigh waves
Characteristics:
Primary waves - the fastest seismic waves and can move through solid, liquid, or gas.
Secondary waves - travel slower than P waves
Love waves - transverse waves that vibrate the ground in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction that the waves are traveling.
Rayleigh waves - elliptical motion perpendicular to the surface.