Estimation of shear-wave attenuation characteristics for the Klyuchevskoi volcanic edifice

This paper reports a study of intrinsic attenuation and scattering in the Klyuchevskoi volcanic edifice. The data set consisted of small volcano-tectonic earthquakes occurring as deep as 30 km beneath Klyuchevskoi Volcano and recorded by radio telemetry seismograph stations installed on the edifice...

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Published in:Journal of volcanology and seismology 2008-04, Vol.2 (2), p.108-117
Main Author: Lemzikov, M. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earthquakes
Energy transfer
Geochemistry
Geology
Geophysics/Geodesy
Lithosphere
Seismic activity
Seismology
Telemetry
Volcanoes
Volcanology
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Summary:This paper reports a study of intrinsic attenuation and scattering in the Klyuchevskoi volcanic edifice. The data set consisted of small volcano-tectonic earthquakes occurring as deep as 30 km beneath Klyuchevskoi Volcano and recorded by radio telemetry seismograph stations installed on the edifice and near it. The digital seismograms of small volcano-tectonic earthquakes were processed by the multiple lapse time window analysis (MLTWA) method currently in use in seismology. The method uses experimental normalized integrals of 3D seismic energy density determined from several time windows applied to earthquake records that have been put through bandpass filters. The parameters that characterize the intrinsic attenuation and scattering of seismic energy of small volcano-tectonic earthquakes in Klyuchevskoi Volcano were estimated by adjusting the coefficients to ensure the best fit between experimental and theoretical integrals. An analytical solution to the seismic energy transfer equation was used to calculate the theoretical integrals of 3D seismic energy. Reliable estimates of the parameters that characterize the intrinsic attenuation and scattering in the material of the Klyuchevskoi volcanic edifice have been obtained. Our estimates of the Q for the edifice are below those derived by other workers for the Kamchatka lithosphere.
ISSN:0742-0463
1819-7108
DOI:10.1134/S0742046308020048