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The 17 pages that link to S-wave, each with the reason it gives.

• Seismic waveBroader topic: Its absence beyond Earth's liquid outer core helped establish that the core is liquid.

• SeismologyBroader topic: Its inability to cross liquids proved Earth's outer core is molten.

• Seismic tomographyBroader topic: Its speed and absence in liquids help constrain material state and structure.

• Seismic reflectionBroader topic: Converted and reflected S-waves can add information about subsurface properties.

• Earthquake early warning systemRelated: Its later arrival often marks the onset of stronger shaking that an alert aims to precede.

• P wavesCompared with: Unlike P waves, S waves cannot travel through liquids.

• Seismic anisotropyBroader topic: Its polarization and speed are especially sensitive to anisotropy and splitting.

• Mohorovičić discontinuityBroader topic: Its velocity also changes across the Moho, helping constrain subsurface structure.

• Core–mantle boundaryRelated: Its disappearance beyond the boundary is evidence that the outer core is liquid.

• Beno GutenbergRelated: The disappearance of direct S waves beyond certain distances supports a liquid outer core.

• Seismic velocityBroader topic: Its speed depends on shear rigidity and density, unlike compressional-wave speed.

• SeismogramBroader topic: Its later arrival helps distinguish seismic phases on the trace.

• Surface waveCompared with: S waves travel through the interior, while Love waves are shear waves guided along the surface.

• Earth's outer coreBroader topic: S-waves do not propagate through the liquid outer core.

• Love waveCompared with: S waves travel through the interior; Love waves are surface-guided shear waves.

• Focal mechanismRelated: Its radiation pattern helps constrain source orientation in waveform-based mechanisms.

• Birch's lawBroader topic: Its velocity also relates to density through elastic properties of the solid.