Open AccessThe Damping of S Waves
Author(s) -
Jeffreys Harold
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1967.tb06236.x
Subject(s) - amplitude , absorption (acoustics) , physics , shell (structure) , acoustics , optics , materials science , composite material
Summary Absorptions are worked out for S waves of different periods, based on the constants found for the modified Lomnitz law. It seems likely that the small amplitudes about distance 10° require absorption at small depths to be much stronger than the average for the shell.