APPLICATIONS+INVESTIGATIONS IN EARTH
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Author: Tarbuck
Publisher: Hayden-McNeil Publishing
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Chapter 4.1, Problem 4A
Is the maximum amplitude (wave height) of the surface waves less than or greater than the maximum amplitude of the P waves? The maximum amplitude of surface waves __________than that of P waves.
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