terms:rayleigh_wave
A surface acoustic wave (propagated along a flat surface; e.g., a ground surface) in which the particle motion is elliptical and retrograde with respect to the direction of propagation. Rayleigh waves probably are induced by shear wave components and result from differential velocities between the surface layer and deeper layers within the medium.
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