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Born May 13, 1888 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died February 21, 1993 (aged 104) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Subjects Of Study Earth’s core • seismic wave

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Cross-sectional diagram of Earth showing how S-waves and P-waves from an earthquake travel through the planet's layers, with S-waves stopping at the liquid outer core and P-waves bending as they pass through the solid inner core, creating shadow zones.
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