Seismic-wave attenuation operators for arbitrary Q

Seismic Wave Attenuation in Carbonates

Examples of Law of Seismic Wave Attenuation

Z. Kaláb, M. Stolárik, Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, B. Pandula, J. Kondela, Technical University of Košice, Institute of Geosciences, Slovakia The article summarizes experimental seismological measurements of vibration eff ects of blasting operations. During tunnel excavation can watch a variety of eff ects on the near or distant surroundings of the building. One o...

Constant Q-Wave Propagation and Attenuation

A linear model for attenuation of waves is presented, with Q, or the portion of energy lost during each cycle or wavelength, exactly independent of frequency. The wave propagation is completely specified by two parameters, e.g., Q and Co, a phase velocity at an arbitrary reference frequency w0. A simple exact derivation leads to an expression for the phase velocity c as a function of frequency:...

Estimating Seismic Attenuation (Q) by an Analytical Signal Method

The analytical signal method for seismic attenuation (Q) estimation is reviewed and investigated using a 1D surface data model and field VSP data. The error in Q-factor recovery from modelled data using the analytical signal method is better than 7 percent over a range of Q-factors from 25 to 100. The method is applied to the enhanced downgoing P-wave of an offset VSP-survey from Ross Lake, Sas...

A Bayesian Nonlinear Inversion of Seismic Body-Wave Attenuation Factors

k is a well-known fact that the uncertainties in measuring relative attenuation factors within a local or regional seismic network are usually high, due to noise of different kinds and unrealistic assumptions. Numerical experiments using nine synthetic seismograms, created using t* values ranging from 0.1 to 0.9 sec, reveal that the commonly used spectral ratio method is strongly affected by th...