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Rayleigh waves cause the ground to move with an elliptical, rolling motion.
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Which seismic waves make the ground roll like ocean waves?
Rayleigh waves which are a type of seismic surface wave.
What are the vibrations that move through the ground carrying the energy released during an earthquake called?
Seismic waves
Which type of wave caused by an earthquake does the most above-ground damage?
Rayleigh waves, which are caused by interaction of the P waves and S waves. Rayleigh waves cause the most surface damage because they 'roll' the ground, causing building to topple, roads to crack and fall apart and more cracks and fissues to appear in flat level ground, such as fields and parks.
Which types of seismic wave produces the most severe ground movement?
Rayleigh waves (which are a type of surface wave) produce the largest amplitude and so most severe ground movements during earthquakes.Surface waves produce the most severe ground movements. They produce movements similar to waves in the water, where the water's particles move in a pattern that is almost circular. Surface waves can make the ground roll like ocean waves or shake buildings from side to side. They move more slowly then P waves or S waves.
Which earthquake waves are most destructive to buildings?
technically any seismic wave can destroy a building, but the one most likely to do it are the surface waves
What Vibrations that move through the ground carrying the energy released during an earthquake are called .?
These are known as seismic waves - of which there are 4 types; P-waves, S-waves and Love and Rayleigh waves.
Which seismic waves make the ground roll like ocean waves?
Rayleigh waves which are a type of seismic surface wave.
What are the vibrations that move through the ground carrying the energy released during an earthquake called?
Seismic waves
What is stronger love waves or Rayleigh waves?
rayleigh -8 letters :-)
What are Love waves?
Love waves are a type of seismic wave known (along with Rayleigh waves) as surface waves. These cause horizontal shearing of the ground. They are named after A.E.H. Love, a British mathematician who created a mathematical model of the waves in 1911. They are slightly slower than Rayleigh waves.
What love waves?
Love waves are a type of seismic wave known (along with Rayleigh waves) as surface waves. These cause horizontal shearing of the ground. They are named after A.E.H. Love, a British mathematician who created a mathematical model of the waves in 1911. They are slightly slower than Rayleigh waves.
Which type of wave caused by an earthquake does the most above-ground damage?
Rayleigh waves, which are caused by interaction of the P waves and S waves. Rayleigh waves cause the most surface damage because they 'roll' the ground, causing building to topple, roads to crack and fall apart and more cracks and fissues to appear in flat level ground, such as fields and parks.
Which types of seismic wave produces the most severe ground movement?
Rayleigh waves (which are a type of surface wave) produce the largest amplitude and so most severe ground movements during earthquakes.Surface waves produce the most severe ground movements. They produce movements similar to waves in the water, where the water's particles move in a pattern that is almost circular. Surface waves can make the ground roll like ocean waves or shake buildings from side to side. They move more slowly then P waves or S waves.
Which seismic waves travel along earth's surface and produce the most severe ground movement?
Broadly, the surface waves of which there are two main types. The Love and Rayleigh wave. Rayleigh waves have the largest amplitude of the surface waves and so cause the majority of damage.
What are main types of seismic waves?
compressional and shear waves(:the ones above are not up to date but the ones below areP WavesS WavesSurface Waves* *l_l
Which type of earthquakes waves move the slowest?
The surface waves (composed in turn of the Rayleigh and Love waves) are the slowest seismic waves.
What 2 waves are surface waves?
Love waves and Rayleigh waves are surface waves
