Open AccessHead Waves and the Nature of the Mohorovičić Discontinuity
Author(s) -
Jeffreys Harold
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1963.tb07085.x
Subject(s) - coda , discontinuity (linguistics) , geology , diffraction , geophysics , head (geology) , physics , seismology , optics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geomorphology
Summary The theory of diffraction at a smooth interface explains the generation of Love waves fairly satisfactorily, but does not explain the existence of rapid oscillations after P and S or the length of the coda. These and some other phenomena seem to be explicable by irregularities of the base of the upper layers and possibly within these layers.