Regional Differences in the Phase Velocity and the Quality Factor Q of Mantle Rayleigh Waves
- 23 June 1978
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 200 (4348), 1379-1381
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4348.1379
Abstract
The phase velocity and the quality factor (Q) of mantle Rayleigh waves from the great Kurile Islands earthquake of 1963 have a close azimuthal correlation with each other and differ considerably among different paths. Serious error may be introduced in the interpretation of observed regionality in phase velocity if regional differences in Q are ignored.Keywords
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