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Effects of multiple scattering on coda waves in three-dimensional medium

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The contribution of multiple scattering to the coda waves for three-dimensional elastic medium is investigated by extending the computational procedures developed earlier for the two-dimensional medium. It is shown that the effects of multiple scattering start to become important at a shorter lapse time,t c = 0.65(n 0σu)−1, than in the two-dimensional case (t c = 0.8(n 0σu)−1).

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  1. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 99701, Fairbanks, Alaska

    L. S. Gao, N. N. Biswas & L. C. Lee

  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    K. Aki

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Gao, L.S., Biswas, N.N., Lee, L.C. et al. Effects of multiple scattering on coda waves in three-dimensional medium. PAGEOPH 121, 3–15 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590116

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