scott wrote:
>> Sound waves are what really interest me, but presumably water waves
>> being mechanical have similar properties...
>
> I guess in water there are really two types of "wave". The huge waves
> that you see on the surface and crashing against the coast moving in 2D
> are one type, but the other type is disturbances under the surface that
> are transmitted as pressure waves in 3D. Those are probably more
> similar to sound waves.
Waves only "crash" near to the shore, due to the solid seabed
interrupting the wave cycle. (Apparently.) Waves on the surface of a
"deep" (WRT wavelength) body of water do not exhibit this effect.
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