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Rayleigh-wave coupling to atmospheric compression waves^*

LAMONT GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)

Abstract

THE THEORY of dispersive Rayleigh waves coupled to atmospheric compressional waves is derived for the case of a solid surface layer. Numerical computation of phase and group velocity curves indicates that an additional branch may be introduced to the dispersion curves as a result of air coupling. Amplitudes of waves propagated according to the various branches are briefly discussed.

Footnotes

^* The research reported in this paper has been made possible through support and sponsorship by the Geophysical Research Division of the Cambridge Air Force Research Center. Manuscript received for publication March 9, 1951.

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