wave velocity: Quick Facts

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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.

contrast of phase velocity and wave velocity

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