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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 102, NO. B3, PAGES 5243-5250, MARCH 10, 1997 Stress wave attenuation in shock-damaged rock Cangli Liu and Thomas J. Ahrens LindhurstLaboratoryof ExperimentalGeophysics,SeismologicalLaboratory California Institute of Technology,Pasadena Abstract. The velocity and attenuationof ultrasonicstresswavesin gabbroic rocksamples(San Marcos,California)subjectedto shockloadingin the 2 GPa rangewerestudied. From P wavevelocitymeasurementswe determinedthe damage parameterDp andcrackdensitye ofthe