Regional characteristics of coda attenuation after the lancang-Gengma earthquake |
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Authors: | Jiazheng Qin |
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Institution: | (1) Seismological Bureau of Yunnan Province, 650041 Kunming, China |
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Abstract: | In the light of the single scattering model of coda originating from local earthquakes, and based on the aftershock coda registered
respectively at the 4 short period stations installed near the foci shortly after theM7.6 Lancang andM7.2 Gengma earthquakes, this paper has tentatively calculated the rate of amplitude attenuation and theQ
c-value of the coda in the Lancang and Gengma areas using a newly-founded synthetic determination method. Result of the study
shows the rate of coda amplitude attenuation demonstrates remarkable regional differences respectively in the southern and
northern areas. The southern area presents a faster attenuation (Q
c=114), whereas the northern area shows a slower attenuation (Q
c=231). The paper also discusses the reasons causing such differences. Result of the study also suggests a fairly good linear
relation between the coda source factorA
o(f) and the seismic moment and the magnitude. Using the earthquake scaling law, the following formulas can be derived: lgM
0=lgA
0(f)+17.6,M
D=0.67lgA
0(f)+1.21 and logM
0=1.5M
D+15.79. In addition, the rates of amplitude attenuationβ
s andβ
m are respectively calculated using the single scattering and multiple scattering models, and the ratioβ
s/βm=1.20−1.50 is found for the results respectively from the two models. Finally, the mean free pathL of the S-wave scattering in the southern and northern areas are determined to be 54 km and 122 km respectively by the relations
which can distinguish between the inherentQ
i and scatteringQ
s, testify to this areas having lowQ-values correspond to stronger scatterings.
The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,14, 71–82, 1992.
This study is partly supported by the Seismological Science Foundation of the State Seismological Bureau of China, and the
present English version of the paper is translated from its Chinese original by Wenyi Xia, Seismological Bureau of Yunnan
Province. |
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Keywords: | Synthetic determination method Rate of coda amplitude attenuation Spatial distribution ofQ c Lancang-Gengma earthquake Yunnan region |
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