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Stoneley wave
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<p>A Stoneley wave is a boundary wave (or interface wave) that typically propagates along a solid-solid interface. When found at a liquid-solid interface, this wave is also referred to as a <a href="/facts/Scholte_wave/Hsgm2c2f">Scholte wave</a>. The wave is of maximum intensity at the interface and decreases exponentially away from it. It is named after the British seismologist Dr. Robert Stoneley (1894–1976), a lecturer in the <a href="/facts/University_of_Leeds/XxFJF9Qh">University of Leeds</a>, who discovered it on October 1, 1924. </p>