Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981pepi...26..250d&link_type=abstract
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, vol. 26, Sept. 1981, p. 250-260.
Physics
31
Earth (Planet), Lunar Seismographs, Seismic Waves, Seismology, Selenology, Wave Attenuation, Wave Scattering, Diffusion, S Waves, Seismic Energy, Surface Waves, Wave Propagation
Scientific paper
The seismic codas, representing that part of the seismogram following the arrival of the surface waves or the direct S waves, characteristic of the earth and moon are compared with regard to the implications of coda characteristics for scattering and attenuation. Scattering models based on single S-S scatter theory, in which seismic energy in the coda is assumed to be S waves that have undergone only one scattering without conversion, and on diffusion theory, which assumed that energy in the coda has been scattered many times, are examined, and situations where the single-scattering and multiple-scattering theories are applicable are distinguished by the ratio of attenuation distance to the scattering mean free path. Values of the attenuation distance and the mean free path derived from coda studies for the earth and moon are compared, and it is found that for the frequency range 0.5-10 Hz, diffusion scattering is important in lunar codas, while at frequencies from 1 to 25 Hz single scattering is important in terrestrial codas. It is pointed out that attenuation acts to eliminate scattering paths much longer than the attenuation length. The observed differences between terrestrial and lunar codas are thus attributed to lesser attenuation and greater scattering on the moon.
Dainty Anton M.
Toksöz Nafi. M.
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