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Use local coordinates with the interface $z=0$, solid below and fluid above, and choose the P-SV displacement potentials convention $u_x={\varphi }_x-{\psi }_z$, $u_z={\varphi }_z+{\psi }_x$. Let the reflected P and SV potential wave amplitudes be $A,B$, while the transmitted P wave amplitude is $T_P$. All four waves have the same tangential slownessThe incident and transmitted retarded times have negative $q_{P}z,q_{f}z$, while elastic waves have positive $q_{P}z,q_{S}z$. At the interface all waveform derivatives therefore have the same argument. displacement field continuity givesWith Lamé parameters $\mu =\rho {\beta }^2$ and $\lambda =\rho ({\alpha }^2-2{\beta }^2)$, the shear and normal stresses follow directly from differentiation:The fluid has no shear traction, so the coefficient of $f^{\prime \prime }$ in ${\sigma }_{xz}$ must vanish:The coefficient of $f^{\prime \prime }$ in the solid stress is $\rho [\cos 2{\theta }_S(1+A)-\sin 2{\theta }_{S}B]$; in the fluid it is ${\rho }_f{T}_P$. ThusThese are the three required matching conditions; tangential displacement field need not be continuous at a solid–inviscid-fluid boundary.

Put $C=\cos 2{\theta }_S$ and $X=1-A$. From (2), $B=({\beta }^2/{\alpha }^2)(\sin 2{\theta }_P/C)X$. In (1), the coefficient of $X$ simplifies because $C+2({\beta }^2/{\alpha }^2){\sin }^2{\theta }_P=1$. Hence $X=(\alpha C\cos {\theta }_f)/({\alpha }_f\cos {\theta }_P)T_P$. Substitute this into (3) to obtainTherefore the solid-fluid P-wave transmission coefficient isDivision by $C$ was only an elimination device; the final expression extends continuously to $C=0$. The normal-incidence value is $2\rho {\alpha }_f/(\rho \alpha +{\rho }_f{\alpha }_f)$. This is a potential coefficient; longitudinal displacement field transmission additionally multiplies it by $\alpha /{\alpha }_f$. The original PDF's bracket lies in the denominator and contains ${\beta }^2/{\alpha }^2$ and $\cos {\theta }_f$. The converted TeX misplaces the bracket, substitutes ${\theta }^2$ for ${\beta }^2$, and loses the final cosine.

The leading source displacement field isThe second term is one derivative smoother at the leading arrival. At each surface point, use its tangent plane, the angles from (i)–(ii), and the local solid-fluid P-wave transmission coefficient. The incident potential coefficient is $1/r(R)$, so the transmitted leading potential coefficient isTransport this coefficient along the vertical fluid rays. Their transverse area does not change with height, so ray-tube conservation for a P-wave jump gives no further geometrical spreading. The leading displacement field coefficient is consequentlyThis is the transmitted jump at a collimating solid-fluid interface. Radial derivatives of $A_{\varphi }$ multiply $f$, and therefore do not contribute to the first derivative jump carried by $f^{\prime }$. A varying transverse wave amplitude does generate smoother later terms, so this construction is a leading-front result, not a complete global plane-wave field.

Since the source is zero before $t=0$ and is $C^2$ there, $f(0)=f^{\prime }(0)=f^{\prime \prime }(0)=0$. Thus displacement field itself does not jump. If $J=[f^{(3)}(0)]$ exists and is the first nonzero jump, the leading discontinuity is the acceleration jump $[{\partial }_t^2\mathbf{u}]=-A_u(R)J{\mathbf{e}}_z$. More generally, a first jump in $f^{(m)}$ gives $[{\partial }_t^{m-1}\mathbf{u}]=-A_u(R)[f^{(m)}]{\mathbf{e}}_z$. The supplied regularity alone does not guarantee a nonzero discontinuity: a source smooth to all orders may have none. The geometrical transfer factor $A_u$ is nevertheless determined.

At $R=0$, $r=z_0$ and all three angles vanish. HenceFor large $R$, put $C_{\infty }=1-2{\beta }^2/{\alpha }^2$ and retain $s=z_0(\alpha -{\alpha }_f)$, $d=\sqrt{{\alpha }^2-{\alpha }_f^2}$. The relevant limits areWhen $C_{\infty }\ne 0$, the square-bracket factor in the denominator of $T_P$ is $C_{\infty }^2+O(R^{-1})$, soThese are signed waveform coefficients; their absolute values give wave amplitude magnitudes. The leading displacement field decays as $R^{-2}$ rather than $R^{-1}$ because grazing incidence adds a small transmission factor to spherical spreading. The leading coefficient is independent of fluid and solid mass densities, although the exact wave amplitude and its higher-order terms depend on them.

The assumptions do not exclude ${\beta }^2={\alpha }^2/2$, where $C_{\infty }=0$ and the preceding division is invalid. In this special case $\cos 2{\theta }_S={\cos }^2{\theta }_P$ exactly, and the square-bracket factor is $\cos {\theta }_P+O({\cos }^3{\theta }_P)$. Keeping both denominator terms givesIt has no $R^{-2}$ term. This exceptional case matters when requesting an asymptotic formula without an additional restriction on the elastic moduli.

The spherical source potential $f(t-r/\alpha )/r$ gives leading longitudinal displacement field $-f^{\prime }(t-r/\alpha )/(\alpha r)$. Apply the local solid-fluid P-wave transmission coefficient to its potential at a smooth interface. In hyperbolic interface collimation of P-waves, transmitted rays are parallel, so ray-tube conservation for a P-wave jump makes the leading coefficient constant along each vertical ray. This yields the displayed jump for the first nonzero derivative discontinuity of the waveform. Smooth transverse derivatives multiply $f$ rather than $f^{\prime }$ and are one order more regular. The construction presupposes the indicated one-sided derivative jump exists; a source smooth to every order may have no jump.