High-temperature viscoelastic relaxation in iron and its implications for the shear modulus and attenuation of the Earth's inner core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B10, 2000, Pages 23605-23634

  Jackson, Ian ^a   Fitz Gerald, John D ^a   Kokkkkonen, Harri ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); INNER CORE; IRON; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033693421     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900131     Document Type: Article

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