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THE surface waves from forty-two selected earthquakes, recorded at Harvard during the period 1934–50, have been analysed. Those earthquakes were chosen which gave a good surface-wave record and which occurred ‘end-on’ to the horizontal seismometers, that is, north, south, east or west of Harvard. Under these conditions, both Love (Q) and Rayleigh (R) waves could be identified with certainty.
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Oliphant, C. W., thesis for doctorate, Harvard University (1948).
Blumberg, R. K., thesis for doctorate, Harvard University (1948).
Wood, F. W., thesis for doctorate, Harvard University (1951).
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WOOD, F. A New Type of Surface Wave from Earthquakes. Nature 169, 368–369 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169368a0
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