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Ryall & Ryall 1981
Ryall, F. and Ryall, A. (1981). Attenuation of P and S waves in a magma chamber in Long Valley caldera, California. Geophysical Research Letters 8: doi: 10.1029/GL008i006p00557. issn: 0094-8276.

Shallow earthquakes around the southwest boundary of Long Valley caldera, west of the Hilton Creek Fault, are characterized by lack of s-waves at regional seismic network stations to the northwest, north and northeast, and P-waves for these same station-event combinations are deficient in frequencies higher than about 2--3 Hz. Earthquakes east of the Hilton Creek fault and southeast of the caldera have normal P- and S-wave signatures at the same stations. These effects are explained by propagation through a magma chamber in the southcentral part of Long Valley caldera, at depth greater then 7--8 km.

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