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P-to-S conversion

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Branches of physics Continuum mechanics Elasticity (physics) Linear elasticity Elastic wave in an isotropic solid Mode conversion at a planar elastic interface
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Conversion of an incident P wave into an S wave at a material contrast. The converted arrival's relative time and amplitude can constrain subsurface structure through a receiver function, subject to the velocity model and interface geometry.

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  • Past exam of the plate tectonics course of the University of Oxford / 2023 / Question 3 / d / Solution
  • Receiver function
  • S-to-P conversion

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