Scattering versus intrinsic attenuation in periodically layered media

The propagation of acoustic waves in a layered medium results in the energy loss due to scattering effect. The intrinsic attenuation is an additional effect which plays a very important role in seismic data inversion and reservoir characterization. In this paper we provide the theoretical and numerical study to compare both effects for a periodically layered medium. We also investigate the complex frequency roots (the organ modes) of the reflection/transmission responses