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Figure 18: Profiles of the quality factor (Q; see Table 2), viscosity, and electrical conductivity as functions of depth. The quality factor is determined for shear waves at frequencies of one to 100 hertz (periods of one to 0.01 second).

Figure 5: The viscosity of representative silica glasses at varying temperatures.

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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet

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