ELECTROMAGNETOELASTIC WAVES IN EARTH’S SUBSURFACE

Abstract

The propagation of coupled mechanical and electromagnetic waves in a conducting elastic medium when the entire system is in an external magnetic field is considered. We use the mathematical model introduced by Dunkin and Eringen in 1963. The influence of an external magnetic field and medium parameters on the dispersion and attenuation of coupled electromagnetic and elastic waves is analyzed. We also simulated the propagation of coupled mechanical and electromagnetic waves in layered media using the Ursin method with a weak/strong external magnetic field. The results confirmed the effectiveness of using Ursin’s method in modeling magnetoelastic oscillations and can be used to analyze electrodynamic phenomena accompanying disturbances of the geomagnetic field during the movement of the conducting layers of the Earth.