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On the seismic pulse in a standard linear solid

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An old problem by jeffreys about the effect ofelastic afterworking on a seismic pulse is recomputed assuming most recent data on anelasticity of the Earth. At great distances the method of steepest descents is used; the contribution of the saddle point near the pole is here taken into account. The resulting effect is resembling the firmoviscous rather than the elastoviscous one.

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  1. Istituto di Fisica dell'Università di Bologna, 46 Via Irnerio, 40126, Bologna, Italy

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Partly supported by C.N.R. (Gruppo di Fisica Matematica). Facoltà di Ingegneria dell' Università di Ancona, Italy.

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Mainardi, F. On the seismic pulse in a standard linear solid. PAGEOPH 99, 72–84 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875265

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