The existence of an inner core super-rotation questioned by teleseismic doublets

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-88

  Poupinet, Georges ^a   Souriau, Annie ^b   Coutant, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Differential travel time; Inner core; Teleseismic doublets

Indexed keywords

INNER CORE; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 0034012940     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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