1. A process whereby energy is converted into heat while passing through a medium. Absorption for seismic waves is typically about 0.25 dB/cycle and may be as large as 0.5 dB/cycle.[1]
- ↑ Tokso¨z, M. N. and Johnston, D. H., 1982, Seismic wave attenuation: Soc. Expl. Geophys.