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WAVES at the interface between two Isotropic solid half-spaces subject to continuity of stress and displacement were first studied by Stoneley1 in 1924 and subsequently by other geophysicists, notably Sezawa and Kanai2. In 1947, Scholte3 discussed the range of existence of such waves and Owen4 has shown that out of 900 isotropic materials, only thirty combinations provide an interface along which a Stoneley wave can propagate.
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LIM, T., MUSGRAVE, M. Stoneley Waves in Anisotropic Media. Nature 225, 372 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225372a0
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