A comparison of geodetic and seismic estimates of inner-core rotation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1509-1512

  Buffett, Bruce A ^a   Creager, Kenneth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTATING MACHINERY; SEISMOLOGY; TORQUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; GEOMAGNETISM; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC STRESS; GRAVITATIONAL TORQUE; INNER-CORE ROTATION; LENGTH OF DAYS; MODEL PREDICTION; RELATIVE ROTATION; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA;

ROTATION; SEISMOLOGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC STRESS;

GEODESY; INNER CORE; ROTATION; SEISMIC METHOD; TORQUE;

EID: 0033562257     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900271     Document Type: Article

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