Detection of PKJKP at intermediate periods by progressive multi-channel correlation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 23-30

  Okal, Emile A ^a   Cansi, Yves ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Commsrt à L'Energie Atomique ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Inner core; PKP waves; S waves

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); CRYSTALLINITY; INNER CORE; SEISMIC WAVE; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 0032535821     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00210-6     Document Type: Article

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