Measurements made on Rayleigh waves below the surface of a simulated elastic half-space confirm in detail the behavior predicted by theory. These measurements, made by means of a two-dimensional seismic model, show that the amplitude of the Rayleigh wave falls off rapidly with increasing depth.

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