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    How Can Seismic Waves That Follow Longer, Deeper, Curved Ray
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How Can Seismic Waves That Follow Longer, Deeper, Curved Ray

Question 155

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How can seismic waves that follow longer, deeper, curved ray paths arrive at a distant station before the more direct straight-line shallow paths?

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