Mapping heterogeneity of the uppermost inner core using two pairs of core phases

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3075-3078

  Kaneshima, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CORE PHASES; DIFFERENTIAL TRAVEL TIMES; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; UPPERMOST INNER CORE;

GEOPHYSICS; TRAVEL TIME;

CORE (INNER); HETEROGENEITY; P WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; INNER CORE; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; P-WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0030292256     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03026     Document Type: Article

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