Joint inversion of normal mode and body wave data for inner core anisotropy 2. Possible complexities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Ishii, Miaki ^a   Dziewoński, Adam M ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^b   Ekström, Göran ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Differential travel times; Hemispheric variations; Inner core; PKIKP

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); INNER CORE; MODELING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0037727931     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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