Frequency-dependent seismic attenuation in the inner core 1. A viscoelastic interpretation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Li, Xu ^a   Cormier, Vernon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner core; Seismic attention; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); INNER CORE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0038066143     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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