 Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-year-2-of-the-earth-sciences-geology-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2023/paper-1/6/f/solution

sin t_{S} = \frac{1200}{2500} sin 2 0^{\circ}, t_{S} = 9.4 5^{\circ} .

The different transmitted P- and S-wave angles result from their different seismic velocities, despite their common horizontal seismic ray parameter.

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