Attenuation of coda waves in the SW of High-Atlas area, Morocco

作者：Roumaissae Azguet,Ghizlane Bouskri,Youssef Timoulali,Mimoun Harnafi,Younes EL.Fellah

摘要：We investigate attenuation scattering and loss properties in Souss basin(SW of High-Atlas) as a transition zone between the High and Anti Atlas ranges. This district consists in a thinned crustal patch with shallow seismicity and loose sedimentary trenches that perform an important contribution to augment seismic attenuation. So far, no coda waves approach in our knowledge have been used to draw satisfying outputs about the attenuation properties in the region. Therefore, this update suggests to correlate the lateral changes of seismic attenuation to different characteristics and asperities i.e. seismic activity,crustal age and thickness, heat flow, and ground deformation rate. To do so, we analysed coda waves derived from waveform data of more than 23 local earthquakes from seven broadband seismometers recorded during 2010 e2012 period. As a starter, we utilized the backscattering model which defines theseismic attenuation as inversely proportional to quality factor by the equation A ?1=. QQcestimates c were deducted at various central frequency bands 1.5, 3.0, 6.0, 9.0, 12.0 and 18.0 Hz according to different lapses times. The estimated average frequency dependence quality factor gives relation Qc? 120 f1;01,while the average Qcvalues vary from 149 at 1.5 Hz to 1895 at 18 Hz central frequencies. We observed an intimate dependence between quality factor and frequency ranges, which reflects the complexity of geological/geophysical pattern in the Souss basin and the presence of a variety of heterogeneities within the underlying crust.

发文机构：Scientific Institute Faculty of Science Rural Engineering Department

关键词：ATTENUATIONCODAWAVESQualityfactorFrequencySoussBASINMorocco

分类号： P631.4[天文地球—地质矿产勘探][天文地球—地质学]