Talk:Skin depth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Physics, which collaborates on articles related to physics. | |
| Stub | This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the assessment scale. | |
| ??? | This article has not yet received an importance rating within physics. | |
|
This article has been rated but has no comments. If appropriate, please review the article and leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need. |
||
 |
This article has been automatically assessed as Stub-Class by WikiProject Physics because it uses a stub template.
|
Why is this listed as a geology stub when the majority of the information (even before my edit) is based on the electrodynamic definition of skin depth? I'm sure there are perfectly valid uses of the idea of skin depth in geology, but they don't appear here.
Maybe this article should be moved?
- Skin depth is just a measure of how far into a material an EM wave can go. This is based on electromagnetic principles. However, it has practical applications in areas such as oceanography and geology, where low-frequency EM waves can be sent through water or rock. --Yuje 09:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
I understand that skin depth may be applied to almost any situation where energy is being transferred by a wave motion, however it seems like this entire article is based on the electrodynamic definition, with only the slightest of nods towards its use in geology. Since the majority of its content is based on electrodynamics, perhaps it should be moved to a more suitable place. Either that, or rewritten to have the majority of its content refer to geology and not physics. sdmolloy 20:02 27 June 2006 (UTC)
