Seismic velocity and attenuation structures in the top of the Earth's inner core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Wen, Lianxing ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Attenuation; Convection; Hemisphericity; Inner core; Partial melt

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; INNER CORE; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0037880414     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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