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S-wave
Secondary or shear waves. S waves are body waves that travel slower than P or
primary waves. S waves carry energy through the Earth with a shearing motion,
moving particles back and forth in a direction perpendicular to the direction
of travel of the wave. S waves can travel through all of the solid layers of
the Earth, but not through the liquid outer core. In a slinky, shear waves
are generated if one end of a stretched slinky is moved sideways quickly.
(Adapted from: Isachson, Y. W., E. Landing, and J. M. Lauber, S-wave Wave in a Slinky.)
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