On the presence of liquid in Earth's inner core

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5462, 2000, Pages 2471-

  Singh, S C ^a,b   Taylor, M A J ^b   Montagner, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

INNER CORE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0034737506     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5462.2471     Document Type: Article

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