Relationship of D″ structure with the velocity variations near the inner-core boundary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 22-1-22-4

  Luo, Sheng Nian ^a   Ni, Sidao ^a   Helmberger, Don ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

INNER CORE BOUNDARY;

GEOPHYSICS;

BOUNDARY; INNER CORE; P-WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036624214     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013907     Document Type: Article

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