Geography · Geomorphology
Which one of the following statements regarding S-waves is not correct?
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- 1S-waves are slower than P-waves.
- 2During an earthquake, S-waves are less destructive to structures like buildings and highway overpasses than P-waves.✓
- 3S-waves can travel only through solids and cannot travel through the Earth's outer core.
- 4Seismologists have concluded that the Earth's outer core must be liquid or fluid because S-waves do not pass through it.
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During an earthquake, S-waves are less destructive to structures like buildings and highway overpasses than P-waves.
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