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Rayleigh wave: a standalone construct

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Seismology

a surface wave traveling along the free surface of an elastic solid with retrograde elliptical particle motion.

In seismology, Rayleigh wave refers to a surface wave traveling along the free surface of an elastic solid with retrograde elliptical particle motion. This meaning comes from Rayleigh (1885) in Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society.[1]

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motion2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs particle1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct retrograde3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Rayleigh, L. (1885). On Waves Propagated along the Plane Surface of an Elastic Solid. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, s1-17(1), 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1112/plms/s1-17.1.4

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