FRICTION AND SEISMIC ATTENUATION IN ROCKS

被引:182
作者
WINKLER, K [1 ]
NUR, A [1 ]
GLADWIN, M [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV QUEENSLAND, DEPT PHYS, ST LUCIA 4067, Qld, AUSTRALIA
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D O I
10.1038/277528a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Precise experimental results, combined with theoretical predictions, indicate that seismic energy loss caused by grain boundary friction is important only at low confining pressure and at strains greater than about 10-6. Since these conditions are generally not encountered in seismology, frictional attenuation is not importantin situ. Other mechanisms such as fluid flow must dominate seismic attenuation in the upper crust. © 1979 Nature Publishing Group.
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页码:528 / 531
页数:4
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