Table 1 Previous attenuation studies at the region.

From: Lateral Variation of Crustal Lg Attenuation in Eastern North America

Reference

Q(f)

Wave type

Number of events

Frequency Band (Hz)

Region

Singh & Herrmann66

Q0 = 700–900

Coda

250

0.5–3.5

Costal East and Northeast U.S

Hasegawa37

Q Lg  = 900 f 0.20

Lg

54

0.6–20

Canadian Shield

Shin & Herrmann67

Q Lg  = (500–550) f 0

Lg

1

0.5–7

Southeastern Canada

Chun et al.3

\({Q}_{Lg}^{-1}=1100{f}^{0.19}\)

Lg

21

0.6–10

Grenvill Province

Atkinson71

\({Q}_{Lg}=540\,{f}^{0.41}\)

Lg

 

0.5–10

southeastern Canada

Atkinson & Mereu4

Q = 670 f 0.33

Shear wave window

100

1–10

Southeastern Canada

Shi et al.68

Q Lg  = (561–721) f 0

Lg

8

0.5–16

Appalachian in northeast U.S

Benz, et al.11

Q Lg  = 1052(f/1.5)

Lg

1.5–12

Northeastern U.S

Atkinson70

Q = 893 f 0.32

Shear wave window

186

0.2–20

Southeastern Canada

Erickson, et al.69

Q Lg  = 650 f 0.36

Lg

12

0.5–16

Southeastern Canada

Boatwright & Seekins59

Q = 410 f 0.5

Shear & Lg

3

0.2–20

Southeastern Canada

Pasyanos25

Q Tomography

Pn, Pg, Sn, & Lg

2–4

North America

Atkinson & Boore60

Q = 525 f 0.45

Shear wave window

0.2–20

Eastern North America

Mousavi et al.61

Q Lg  = 615 f 0.35

Lg and Sn

91

0.9–10.75

Easternmost Canada

Gallegos et al.34

Q Tomography

Lg

39

1 Hz

Central and Eastern United States

Mitchell et al.14

Q Tomography

Lg coda

1 Hz

North America

This Study

Q Tomography

Lg

473

0.1–20

Eastnorthern North America