Attenuation of Coda Waves at the Changbaishan Tianchi Volcanic Area in Northeast China |
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Authors: | Jianping Wu Wenjie Jiao Yuehong Ming Wei Su |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake administration, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China;(2) Multimax Inc, Largo Maryland, 20774, USA |
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Abstract: | 21 earthquakes recorded by a temporary seismic network in the Changbaishan Tianchi volcanic area in Northeast China operated
during the summer of 2002 and 2003 were analyzed to estimate the S coda attenuation. The attenuation quality factor Qc was estimated using the single scattering attenuation model of Sato (1977) in the frequency band from 4 to 24 Hz. All the
events studied in this paper occurred at depths from 2 to 6 km with ML of 1.4–2.8. The epicentral distances are less than
25 km. For all events which occurred near the Tianchi Lake (caldera), the Qc patterns obtained at the stations near the lake are similar, and the Qc values are relatively small. At the stations located about 15 km east of the Tianchi Lake, however, the average Qc is significantly higher. For an event which occurred 25km from the lake to the west, Qc patterns derived at the stations near the lake are quite similar to the above mentioned Qc for stations located in the east. Further study shows that Qc value in the north and central areas of the volcano is relatively lower than that in the surrounding area. Compared to other
volcanic areas in the world, the average Qc of the Changbaishan Tianchi volcanic area is obviously lower. The deep seismic sounding and teleseismic receiver function
studies indicated more than one lower velocity layer in the crust. The MT studies suggested the presence of high conductive
bodies beneath the area. We interpret the strong attenuation of coda waves near the Changbaishan Tianchi volcano as being
possibly related to high temperature medium caused by shallow magma chambers. |
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Keywords: | Coda wave Qc volcano Changbaishan Tianchi |
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