Q of the Earth: Global, Regional, and Laboratory Studies

Abstract

I: Global and Mantle Studies.- A Dislocation Model of Seismic Wave Attenuation and Micro-creep in the Earth: Harold Jeffreys and the Rheology of the Solid Earth.- Attenuation Tomography of the Earth's Mantle: A Review of Current Status.- High-frequency P- and S-wave Attenuation in the Earth.- 2-D Image of Seismic Attenuation beneath the Deep Seismic Sounding Profile Quartz, Russia.- Attenuation of Broadband P and S Waves in Tonga: Observations of Frequency Dependent Q.- Three-dimensional Mapping of Magma Source and Transport Regions from Seismic Data: The Mantle Wedge beneath Northeastern Japan.- Comparison between Time-domain and Frequency-domain Measurement Techniques for Mantle Shear-wave Attenuation.- A Model to Study the Bias on Q Estimates Obtained by Applying the Rise Time Method to Earthquake Data.- II: Crustal Studies.- Seismic-frequency Laboratory Measurements of Shear Mode Viscoelasticity in Crustal Rocks II: Thermally Stressed Quartzite and Granite.- A Summary of Attenuation Measurements from Borehole Recordings of Earthquakes: The 10 Hz Transition Problem.- Frequency-dependent Attenuation of High-frequency P and S Waves in the Upper Crust in Western Nagano, Japan.- Seismic Velocity and Q Structure of the Middle Eastern Crust and Upper Mantle from Surface-wave Dispersion and Attenuation.- Seismic Attenuation Computed from GLIMPCE Reflection Data and Comparison with Refraction Results.- Lg Coda Q and its Relation to the Geology and Tectonics of the Middle East.- Lg Coda Q Variations across South America and their Relation to Crustal Evolution.- Regional Variation of Lg Coda Q in the Continental United States and its Relation to Crustal Structure and Evolution.- Lg Coda Q in Australia and its Relation to Crustal Structure and Evolution.- Lg Coda Q and its Relation to the Structure and Evolution of Continents: A Global Perspective.- Comparison of Seismic Body Wave and Coda Wave Measures of Q.- Estimation of the Intrinsic Absorption and Scattering Attenuation in Northeastern Venezuela (Southeastern Caribbean) Using Coda Waves.- Intrinsic and Scattering Seismic Attenuation in W. Greece.- Coda Q Estimates in the Koyna Region, India.