Regional variation of coda Q in Northwest Caucasus
Journal: Research Square
Year: 2022

<title>Abstract</title> Coda <italic>Q</italic> has been studied in the North-West Caucasus region using 267 earthquakes and 17 stations from the network of the Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Sciences. This is the first <italic>Q</italic><sub>c</sub> study for the region using such a large dataset. The average frequency-dependent coda <italic>Q</italic> relationship is <italic>Q</italic><sub>c</sub>=90±21∙<italic>f</italic><sup>1.02±0.11</sup>. This value compares closely to other simila