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Abstract : The propagation of SH waves in a heterogeneous viscoelastic layer lying over a heterogeneous viscoelastic half space from a point source is examined analytically. The significance of the heterogeneity of hyperbolic and exponential variations associated with rigidity, viscosity, and density is investigated mathematically. A dispersion equation and displacement components are computed in a compact form, considering the case that displacement and stress are continuous at the interface and stress vanishes on a free surface. The acquired dispersion equation signifies the relation between phase velocity and dimensionless wavenumber. The dispersion equation is highly influenced by heterogeneous parameters of both the layer and the half space. The dispersion equation is reduced to the classical equation of the Love wave after eliminating all the heterogeneous parameters, in agreement with pre-established results. The analysis uses the technique of Fourier transformation and Green’s function. The wavenumber is supposed to be complex, as the frequency is fixed in the viscoelastic model. Graphs are presented to demonstrate the effect of heterogeneous parameters on phase and damping velocity with respect to wavenumber.