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Q of the Earth: Global, Regional, and Laboratory Studies

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Brian J. Mitchell

    1. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA

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  2. Barbara Romanowicz

    1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Brian J. Mitchell, Barbara Romanowicz
      Pages 235-236

  3. Global and Mantle Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. A Dislocation Model of Seismic Wave Attenuation and Micro-creep in the Earth: Harold Jeffreys and the Rheology of the Solid Earth

      • Shun-Ichiro Karato
      Pages 239-256

    3. Attenuation Tomography of the Earth’s Mantle: A Review of Current Status

      • Barbara Romanowicz
      Pages 257-272

    4. High-frequency P- and S-wave Attenuation in the Earth

      • Zoltan A. Der
      Pages 273-310

    5. 2-D Image of Seismic Attenuation beneath the Deep Seismic Sounding Profile “Quartz,” Russia

      • Igor B. Morozov, Elena A. Morozova, Scott B. Smithson, Leonid N. Solodilov
      Pages 311-343

    6. Attenuation of Broadband P and S Waves in Tonga: Observations of Frequency Dependent Q

      • Megan P. Flanagan, Douglas A. Wiens
      Pages 345-375

    7. Three-dimensional Mapping of Magma Source and Transport Regions from Seismic Data: The Mantle Wedge beneath Northeastern Japan

      • Hiroki Sato, Kenichi Muro, Akira Hasegawa
      Pages 377-398

    8. Comparison between Time-domain and Frequency-domain Measurement Techniques for Mantle Shear-wave Attenuation

      • Joydeep Bhattacharyya
      Pages 399-417

    9. A Model to Study the Bias on Q Estimates Obtained by Applying the Rise Time Method to Earthquake Data

      • Salvatore de Lorenzo
      Pages 419-438

  4. Crustal Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 439-439
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    2. Seismic-frequency Laboratory Measurements of Shear Mode Viscoelasticity in Crustal Rocks II: Thermally Stressed Quartzite and Granite

      • Cao Lu, Ian Jackson
      Pages 441-473

    3. A Summary of Attenuation Measurements from Borehole Recordings of Earthquakes: The 10 Hz Transition Problem

      • Rachel E. Abercrombie
      Pages 475-487

    4. Frequency-dependent Attenuation of High-frequency P and S Waves in the Upper Crust in Western Nagano, Japan

      • Kazuo Yoshimoto, Haruo Sato, Yoshihisa Iio, Hisao Ito, Takao Ohminato, Masakazu Ohtake
      Pages 489-502

    5. Seismic Velocity and Q Structure of the Middle Eastern Crust and Upper Mantle from Surface-wave Dispersion and Attenuation

      • Lianli Cong, B. J. Mitchell
      Pages 503-538

    6. Seismic Attenuation Computed from GLIMPCE Reflection Data and Comparison with Refraction Results

      • Michael P. Matheney, Robert L. Nowack
      Pages 539-561

    7. Lg Coda Q and its Relation to the Geology and Tectonics of the Middle East

      • Lianli Cong, B. J. Mitchell
      Pages 563-585

    8. Lg Coda Q Variations across South America and their Relation to Crustal Evolution

      • J. L. de Souza, B. J. Mitchell
      Pages 587-612

    9. Regional Variation of Lg Coda Q in the Continental United States and its Relation to Crustal Structure and Evolution

      • Saadia Baqer, B. J. Mitchell
      Pages 613-638
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About this book

Variations in seismic Q are sensitive to a much greater extent than are seismic velocity variations on factors such as temperature, fluid content, and the movement of solid state defects in the earth. For that reason an understanding of Q and its variation with position in the earth and with time should provide information in earth's tectonic evolution, as well as on aspects of its internal structure. Progress in understanding Q has suffered from difficulty in obtaining reliable amplitude data at global and temporary stations. Moreover, laboratory determinations of Q, until recently, were most often made at frequencies much higher than those measured by seismologists for waves propagating through the earth. Recent advances in seismic station distribution and quality, as well as in methodology at both high and low fequencies, have greatly improved the quality of observational data available to seismologists from global stations. Concurrent advances have been made in measuring Q using laboratory samples at frequencies that pertain to the earth and in theoretical understanding of seismic wave attenuation. Papers of this volume present new information on Q in the earth from several perspectives: methodology, results from global and regional observations of both body and surface waves, laboratory measurements, and theoretical understanding. The editors believe that we have reached a new threshold in Q studies and that advances in data quality and methodology will spur increased interest in this difficult, but interesting field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA

    Brian J. Mitchell

  • Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Barbara Romanowicz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Q of the Earth: Global, Regional, and Laboratory Studies

  • Editors: Brian J. Mitchell, Barbara Romanowicz

  • Series Title: Pageoph Topical Volumes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8711-3

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6049-8Published: 15 February 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8711-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3625

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3633

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 498

  • Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geology

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