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Quality Estimates of the Crust and Upper Mantle of the Northeast Caucasus Based on to Makhachkala Seismic Station Records

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This article continues research of the seismic wave propagation parameters in the North Caucasus. The Q factors of the crust and upper mantle in the vicinity of Makhachkala are obtained, which are compared with the previously obtained Q factors in the vicinity of Sochi, Anapa, and Kislovodsk. According to records of regional (with epicentral distances up to ~300 km) earthquakes (MW  ~ 3.9–5.6) acquired by the Makhachkala seismic station, estimates are obtained for the Q factor of the medium Q (f) in the form Q (f) ≈ f0.98 (envelope method) and Q (f) ≈ 135f0.72 (by coda normalization method); the generalized estimate has the form Q (f) ≈ 120 f0.8 (at frequencies up to ~ 16 Hz). The obtained Q factors in the vicinity of Makhachkala at low frequencies are slightly higher than the estimates obtained for regions of the Northwest Caucasus: the environs of Sochi, Anapa, and Kislovodsk (Q0 ~ 55–90; n ~ 0.7–1.0). The obtained Q factor estimates are planned to be checked and, possibly, refined by stochastic modeling of local earthquake records.

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The study was carried under the state task of IPE RAS no. 0144-2019-0011.

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  1. Moscow State University, Faculty of Geology, 119234, Moscow, Russia

    V. I. Kirsanov

  2. Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, 123995, Moscow, Russia

    O. V. Pavlenko

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Kirsanov, V.I., Pavlenko, O.V. Quality Estimates of the Crust and Upper Mantle of the Northeast Caucasus Based on to Makhachkala Seismic Station Records. Seism. Instr. 56, 61–71 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0747923920010077

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