Scholte wave explained

A Scholte wave is a surface wave (interface wave) propagating at an interface between a fluid and an elastic solid medium (such as an interface between water and sand).^{[1] [2]} The wave is of maximum intensity at the interface and decreases exponentially away from the interface into both the fluid and the solid medium.^[3] It is named after J. G. Scholte, who discovered it in 1947.^[4] This wave is similar to a Stoneley wave, which propagates at a solid-solid interface, and a Rayleigh wave, which propagates at a vacuum-solid interface.

Notes and References

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2. http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/jam/2012/313207.pdf Rayleigh's, Stoneley's, and Scholte's Interface Waves in Elastic Models Using a Boundary Element Method, Esteban Flores-Mendez,Manuel Carbajal-Romero,Norberto Flores-Guzmán,Ricardo Sánchez-Martínez, Alejandro Rodríguez-Castellanos
3. Book: Nayfeh, Adnan H. . 1995 . Wave Propagation in Layered Anisotropic Media with Applications to Composites. limited . 99.
4. Scholte . J.G. . The range and existence of Rayleigh and Stoneley waves . . 5 . 120–126 . 1947 . 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1947.tb00347.x. 1947GeoJ....5..120S . free .