Seismic waves provide an incomparable mean of revealing the complexity of the the Earth interior. They are used in a variety of applications such as oil exploration and fundamental research on the structure of the Earth from crust to the core.
During this experiment you will use seismic waves to recover two important characteristic of your rock sample that are the the bulk and the shear modulus. To do so, you will measure the P- and S-waves travel time and calculate their respective velocities1.