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Nakanishi 1990
Nakanishi, I. (1990). High-frequency waves following PKP-Cdiff at distances greater than 155°. Geophysical Research Letters 17: doi: 10.1029/90GL00379. issn: 0094-8276.

Using a seismic network in Hokkaido-Tohoku region, Japan we observe PKP waves in the distance range 152 to 157¿ from a deep earthquake in Argentina. The seismic network consists of 26 stations and provides us with a data set of dense distance sampling. The examination of amplitude variation of PKP-BC and PKP-Cdiff with distance locates the C-cusp at about 155.5¿ for a surface source for the path from Argentina to Japan. This C-cusp position suggests a P velocity of 10.27 km/s at the bottom of the outer core. The bandpass filtering of the data shows that high-frequency waves are observed following PKP-Cdiff at distances beyond the C-cusp. The waves are characterized by a dominant frequency of about 2 to 3 Hz, a long duration of oscillation until the arrival of PKP-AB, and an apparent onset slowness of about 4 s/deg, which is approximately equal to that of PKP-AB in the distance range. The onset time of the high-frequency waves seems to be consistent with the least time of the scattering of PKP-BC on the receiver side near the bottom of the upper mantle. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990

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Seismology, Body wave propagation
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