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Mathematical results for waves propagating in randomly layered media in the framework of separation of scales introduced by \textit{G. Papanicolaou} and his coauthors [see e.g. Wave Motion 13, No. 1, 53-87 (1991; Zbl 0735.73021)] are given here in a condensed way. The simplest case of a one-dimensional random medium is first presented with the basic facts needed to describe Markovian coefficients. Integral representations of the transmitted pulse and reflected signal are given. Then the basic diffusion-approximation result needed in the study of the transmitted front is presented and applied to deduce the shape of the front. In the three-dimensional case, the result obtained by \textit{J. Chillan} and \textit{J. P. Fouque} [SIAM J. Appl. Math. 58, No. 5, 1532-1546 (1998; Zbl 0923.73012)] is briefly summerized. In the study of the nonstationary reflected signal, the solution of the inverse problem proposed by G. Papanicolaou is presented. Finally, the author describes recent results obtained by using time reversal mirror techniques. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0939.00046].