The seismological picture of the inner core: Structure and rotation

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-63

  Souriau, Annie ^a   Garcia, Raphaël ^a,b   Poupinet, Georges ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Attenuation; Inner core; Rotation; Seismology

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; INNER CORE; ROTATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037219843     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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