The physical implication of coda amplitude ratio and its possible application

Acta Seismologica Sinica - Tập 11 - Trang 441-448 - 1998
Tian-Zhong Zhang1, Yun-Sheng Ma1, Rong-Liang Huang1
1Institute of Geophysics, China Seismological Bureau, Beijing, China

Tóm tắt

The physical implication of coda amplitude ratio is discussed in term of energy ratio. The digitized data recorded at the station of Beijing Telemetered Seismograph Network between 1989 and 1990 are used to calculate amplitude ratios of coda to direct S wave, and energy ratios. The spectral energy ratios are used to estimate the coda Q and mean free path l in the Beijing area, as well as the two quality factors Q i and Q S separately due to intrinsic absorption and scattering attenuation. The decay of seismic waves in their propagation seems mainly resulted from the intrinsic absorption in Beijing region. The temporal variations of amplitude ratio and energy ratio at Changli station during the above two years are inspected; some of them largely depart from their mean value. It may reflect the seismogenic process, but using the data lasting longer time with more case histories needs further study.

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