Geodynamic estimates of the viscosity of the Earth's inner core

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6642, 1997, Pages 571-573

  Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE; GRAVITY; INNER CORE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030839854     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41534     Document Type: Article

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