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S Waves
Body Wave
Surface
Waves
FASTEST: Primary
Waves they arrive
1st
SECOND FASTEST:
Secondary Waves
they arrive 2nd
SLOWEST waves
Compression Waves
push-pull waves
(squeeze and stretch
rock)
CANNOT TRAVEL
THROUGH LIQUIDS
ONLY TRAVEL
THROUGH THE CRUST
Helped scientists
conclude that the
Earth has a liquid
outer core