John Marshall Sullivan

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What were the initial wavelengths of rayleigh waves emanating from the Chixulub impact?

A professor remarked that after a couple thousand kilometers from impact the length of a Rayleigh wave would be in the 200 meter range. Can anyone verify this and perhaps discuss their size when...

13 October 2019 4,307 1 View

Can anyone tell me how there is not an atmospheric shock-wave in front of huge super-sonic Rayleigh waves generated by the Earth's largest impactors?

Rayleigh Waves travel through our Earth's crust anywhere from 2.9 to 14.9 times the speed of sound. Rayleigh waves from impacts such as the K/pG Impact Event are known to be at least 1 meter tall...

04 August 2017 2,229 1 View