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dc.contributor.authorallTuvè, T.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallBianco, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallIbañez, J. M.; Istituto Andaluz de Geofisica y Prevención de Desastres Sísmicos, Universidad de Granada, Spainen
dc.contributor.authorallPatanè, D.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallDel Pezzo, E.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallBottari, A.; Osservatorio Sismologico-Di.C.T.A., Università di Messina, Italyen
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-03T07:16:49Zen
dc.date.available2007-07-03T07:16:49Zen
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/2205en
dc.description.abstractThe attenuation of seismic waves is one of the basic physical parameters used in seismological studies and earthquake engineering, which is closely related to the seismicity and regional tectonic activity of a particular area. In this work, the seismic attenuation in the Straits of Messina, affected by several and strong historical earthquakes, was studied using waveforms recorded by a local seismic network composed of seven stations. We measured: the coda quality factor (Qc) in the Single Scattering model hypothesis; the direct quality factor (Qd) applying the Coda Normalization method for S-waves; and the intrinsic and scattering quality factor (Qi and Qs) by the Multiple Lapse Time Window Analysis (MLTWA) method. Coda Q values were obtained using different lapse times (40, 60 and 80 s) for the frequency bands centred at 1.5, 3, 6 and 12 Hz. Our findings indicate that Qc increases with increasing lapse time and that Qc is frequency dependent. This behaviour is usually correlated to the degree of tectonic complexity and to the presence of heterogeneities at several scales. In fact, by using the Coda Normalization method we obtained low Qd values, as expected for a heterogeneous and active zone. Finally, by the MLTWA method we observe that the contribution of the scattering attenuation (Qs −1) prevails on the intrinsic absorption (Qi −1) until 3 Hz. Conversely, Qi −1 and Qs −1 seem to be of the same order in the higher frequency bands.en
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dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisher.nameElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofTectonophysicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries3-4/ 421 (2006)en
dc.subjectCoda wavesen
dc.subjectIntrinsic attenuationen
dc.subjectS-wavesen
dc.subjectScattering attenuationen
dc.subjectStraits of Messinaen
dc.titleAttenuation study in the Straits of Messina area (southern Italy)en
dc.typearticleen
dc.description.statusPublisheden
dc.type.QualityControlPeer-revieweden
dc.description.pagenumber173-185en
dc.identifier.URLwww.siencedirect.comen
dc.subject.INGV04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.09. Waves and wave analysisen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.005en
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dc.contributor.authorTuvè, T.en
dc.contributor.authorBianco, F.en
dc.contributor.authorIbañez, J. M.en
dc.contributor.authorPatanè, D.en
dc.contributor.authorDel Pezzo, E.en
dc.contributor.authorBottari, A.en
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Andaluz de Geofisica y Prevención de Desastres Sísmicos, Universidad de Granada, Spainen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentOsservatorio Sismologico-Di.C.T.A., Università di Messina, Italyen
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