Partial Contents: Source and Propagation Effects of Rayleigh Waves from Central Asian Earthquakes--Abstract of Doctoral Thesis; Three-Dimensional Crust and Upper Mantle Structure of the Northeastern United States; The Attenuation of Seismic Waves in Dry and Saturated Rocks; Thermal Cracking and Amplitude Dependent Attenuation; and Ultrasonic P and S Wave Attenuation in Dry and Saturated Rocks under Pressure.