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Attenuation of Teleseismic Body Waves

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AT the Royal Society discussion on “Recent Advances in the Technique of Seismic Recording and Analysis” (January 28–29, 1965), de Noyer directed attention to the difficulty of observing short-period (about 1-sec period) shear waves at angular distances in the range 25° < Δ < 100°. The following analysis suggests a possible reason.

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  1. Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Blacknest, Brimpton, Near Reading, Berkshire

    E. W. CARPENTER

  2. Teledyne, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.

    E. A. FLINN

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CARPENTER, E., FLINN, E. Attenuation of Teleseismic Body Waves. Nature 207, 745–746 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207745b0

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