Seismological and mineralogical constraints on the inner core fabric

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Garcia, Raphaël ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; IRON; SEISMOLOGY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY COEFFICIENTS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FABRIC MODELING; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0037110236     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015268     Document Type: Article

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