surface waves
Water's traveling crests
Surface waves are waves that travel along the boundary between two different media rather than through either one.
In seismology, surface waves move along Earth's outer layer, causing the most destructive shaking during earthquakes.
In physics, ocean waves and ripples on a pond are surface waves traveling along the interface between water and air.
- ocean swellLong rolling sea waves
- seismic activityUnderground geological movement
- ripplesSmall surface undulations
- wave crestSwell's highest point
- tsunamisEarthquake-generated ocean waves
seismology · amplitude · breakers · wavelength · foam · frequency · tide · oscillation · rolling · undulation · disturbance · shoreline · swell · crests · vibration · whitecaps · troughs · ocean
- earthquake effectsearthquake, aftershock, aftershocks, tremor, tremors
- lake phenomenaalgae bloom, ice out, turnover, stratification, lake effect snow
- seismic activityearthquake, quake, tremor, aftershock, foreshock
- seismic wavesP-wave, S-wave, body wave
- wave mechanicswave frequency, wave attenuation, wave interference, wave energy, dispersion
- vibrationsvibration, oscillation, resonance, mechanical vibrations, tremor