Pg Attenuation Tomography within the Northern Middle East
BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, cilt.101, sa.4, ss.1496-1506, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 101 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Doi Numarası: 10.1785/0120100316
- Dergi Adı: BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1496-1506
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A seismic attenuation map of regional phase Pg is constructed for the northern Middle East using two-station frequency-dependent Q measurements and seismic attenuation tomography. Pg is widely used in source discrimination, but its attenuation behavior is not well understood. We investigate the functional form of the geometrical spreading of Pg for both uniform and more complex seismic velocity structures. We find that there is significant trade-off between attenuation and geometrical spreading of Pg, and we quantify this trade-off to interpret the observed Pg attenuation in the Middle East.