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Tomography of the 3-D S-wave quality factor of the crust and upper mantle in China

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CHINESE JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS-CHINESE EDITION, 46 (5): 642--651 (September 2003)

Abstract

We selected 223 pairs of Rayleigh wave from 2681 waveforms recorded by 58 stations in the Euro-Asia land and west pacific region. The fundamental-mode surface wave was separated using the phase-match for each seismograms. The fundamental-mode interstation attenuation coefficients gamma was calculated using the two-station methods. In order to avoiding the negative attenuation coefficients, the frequence-domain Wiener filter was used. We inverse the attenuation coefficient of the Rayleigh wave. in China area with grids 4degrees x 4degrees, calculate the layer Q(beta) in each grid, and then get the distribution of Q(beta) with different depth in China area. This paper mainly inverses the S wave factor using the surface wave attenuation characters. The result shows that the lateral and vertical variations of Q(beta) are very clear in the whole area and the asthenosphere, and some big structure area is also shown very clearly. This study provides plentiful information for the interpretation of the material property and geodynamic of the earth interior in China area, and also help to understand the interior viscidity structure in China area.

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