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Low Frequency Lg Attenuation Coefficient around the Korean Peninsula

한반도 지역의 저주파 Lg파 감쇠상수

  • Received : 2011.01.17
  • Accepted : 2011.01.29
  • Published : 2011.02.28
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Abstract

Lg amplitude decrease $Q^{-1}$ becomes very important when harzadous earthquakes occurred in neighbor nations such as Japan and China because the Lg phase is the largest seismic phase in Korea. The values of Lg $Q^{-1}$ are correlated with seismic activities from the RTSM for IRIS data with long pair distance of stations and events. The Japanese paths crossing the East Sea (Sea of Japan) show high $Q^{-1}$ values related with seismicity and oceanic crust. The paths of Shanghai having the moderate seismicity show the second highest values followed by the Japanese region, while the paths between Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula exhibit low values associated with the low seismicity of the regions.

일본, 중국 등 인접 지진다발 국가에서 큰 지진동이 전파되어 오는 경우, Lg파가 최대 진폭을 갖게 되어 Lg파의 감쇠상수($Q^{-1}$)는 매우 중요한 의미를 갖게 된다. 지진연구협의회(IRIS)의 자료를 바탕으로 관측점간 경로거리가 긴 자료에 대하여 두관측점법을 이용하여 Lg파의 감쇠상수 값을 도출한 결과, 지진활동도에 상응하는 감쇠값을 얻었다. 일본지역을 잇는, 해양지각을 통과하는 경로는 높은 감쇠값을 보여서 지진활동도 및 지각의 감쇠특성을 잘 나타내고 있으며, 또한 큰 지진이 많았던 중국 상해지역을 잇는 경로도 일본지역 다음으로 높은 감쇠값을 보인다. 반면, 한반도 및 만주지역을 잇는 경로는 지진활동상황과 상응하는 매우 낮은 값을 보였다.

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