Aliasing and noise in core-surface flow inversions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 447-469

  Celaya, M ^a   Wahr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Earth's core; Geomagnetism; Inversion

Indexed keywords

ALIASING; CORE; CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; FLUID FLOW; GEOMAGNETISM; NOISE;

EID: 0030458893     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05302.x     Document Type: Article

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