The partition of energy among seismic waves reflected and refracted at the earth's core*

The reflection and refraction of seismic waves has been studied extensively in the by various authors. Among them are Knott (9, 10), Wiechert (13), Zoeppritz (14), Jeffreys (8), Bouasse (3), Gutenberg (4, 5, 6, 7), Berlage (1), Blut (2), and (11, 12). The purpose of the present paper is to calculate the ratios of energies of waves reflected and refracted at the surface of the earth's core for angles of incidence, supposing values for the elastic constants and densities the most likely.