S-wave

Summary

• A type of seismic wave, the S-wave, sometimes called an elastic S-wave, moves as a shear or transverse wave, so motion is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. Think of the way a wave moves across a rope to imagine the S-wave versus a wave moving across a slinky, the P-wave.

Similar Topics

• Z-wave
• F wave
• P-wave
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Related Topics

• Seismic wave
• The Way
• Transverse wave

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