Inner core anisotropy inferred by direct inversion of normal mode spectra

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 599-622

  Durek, Joseph J ^a,b   Romanowicz, Barbara ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Inner core; Inversion; Normal modes; Traveltimes

Indexed keywords

INNER CORE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0033399509     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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