EFFECTIVE Q-DETERMINATION USING FREQUENCY METHODS ON BIRPS DATA

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作者
HOBBS, RW
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英国自然环境研究理事会;
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10.1016/0040-1951(90)90200-R
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
An investigation to determine Q for compressional waves from marine reflection Seismic records is presented. The spectral ratio method is used to determine values for the lower crust. Results from spectral modelling from a known synthetic source wavelet are used to give minimum estimates for the whole crust. The effective Q for the reflective lower crust around Britain is found to be 500 ± 200 which is consistent with laboratory results for dry rocks and is probably too large to allow significant amounts of fluid to be present. © 1990.
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