Reduction of seismic amplitude through intrinsic energy dissipation and scattering, distinguished from geometrical spreading.
Change in wave amplitude as the same propagating energy is distributed across changing wavefront area. It is distinct from intrinsic material absorption even though both can reduce observed amplitude with distance.

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