Scattering and Attenuations of Seismic Waves, Part I

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Introduction: Seismic Wave Scattering in Three-dimensionally Heterogeneous Earth....Pages 1-6
Synthesis of Coda Waves in Layered Medium....Pages 7-42
Is the Single Scattering Model Invalid for the Coda Excitation at Long Lapse Time?....Pages 43-47
Multiple Scattering and Energy Transfer of Seismic Waves—Separation of Scattering Effect from Intrinsic Attenuation II. Application of the Theory to Hindu Kush Region....Pages 49-80
A Model for Attenuation and Scattering in the Earth’s Crust....Pages 81-100
Reflection and Transmission of Plane Waves by a Layer of Compact Inhomogeneities....Pages 101-118
Rayleigh Wave Scattering at Wedge Corners with Major Wedge Angles....Pages 119-132
Vector-Scattering of Elastic Waves by Directional Structural Space Gradients....Pages 133-146
Dispersion of Seismic Waves by a Causal Approach....Pages 147-156
Numerical-analytical Interfacing in Two Dimensions with Applications to Modeling NTS Seismograms....Pages 157-193
Seismic Energy Partitioning and Scattering in Laterally Heterogeneous Ocean Crust....Pages 195-229
Observations of Teleseismic P Wave Coda for Underground Explosions....Pages 231-249
Spatial Variation of Crustal Coda Q in California....Pages 251-260
Coda- Q Before and After the 1983 Misasa Earthquake of M 6.2, Tottori Prefecture, Japan....Pages 261-279
The Objective Determination of the Instantaneous Predominant Frequency of Seismic Signals and Inferences on Q of Coda Waves....Pages 281-293
Frequency Dependent Characteristics of Coda Wave Quality Factor in Central and Southcentral Alaska....Pages 295-307
Comparison of Amplitude Decay Rates in Reflection, Refraction, and Local Earthquake Records....Pages 309-331
The Information Content of High-frequency Seismograms and the Near-Surface Geologic Structure of “Hard Rock” Recording Sites....Pages 333-363
Theoretical Background for the Inversion of Seismic Waveforms, Including Elasticity and Attenuation....Pages 365-399
Linearized Rays, Amplitude and Inversion....Pages 401-421
Seismic Wave Attenuation in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media....Pages 423-432
Attenuation of Compressional Waves in Peridotite Measured as a Function of Temperature at 200 MPa....Pages 433-447