Seismic body-wave attenuation of the crust and upper mantle beneath Alaska.

• Main Author: Salas Pazmiño, Cristhian Paul
• Other Authors: Foster, Anna Elizabeth
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Investigación de Tecnología Experimental Yachay 2020
• Subjects: Attenuation; Alaska; Seismic velocity; Body-waves; Subduction zone; Atenuación; Velocidad sísmica; Ondas de cuerpo; Zona de subducción; Ancha; Canada; Pacific; Aleutian Island
• Online Access: http://repositorio.yachaytech.edu.ec/handle/123456789/124

Alaska is one of the most seismically active places in the world and hosts a large subduction boundary. The historical dearth of broadband seismological coverage has left us with many unanswered questions regarding the lithologic structure and lateral temperature variations of Earth’s subsurface. We...