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How do scientists use data from S waves and P waves to study the earths interior?

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Seismic and the Earth. they came. Geologists use these records to establish the structure of Earth's interior. The two principal types of seismic waves are P-waves (pressure; goes through liquid and solid) and S-waves (shear or secondary; goes only through solid - not through liquid).



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