Evidence for small-scale heterogeneity in Earth's inner core from a global study of PKiKP coda waves

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 227-241

  Koper, Keith D ^a   Franks, Jill M ^b   Dombrovskaya, Marina ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coda waves; Heterogeneity; IMS; Inner core; PKi KP; Seismic array

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HETROGENEITY; SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS;

CRYSTALS; DATA REDUCTION; ELASTICITY; SEISMOLOGY;

EARTH (PLANET);

EARTH STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; INNER CORE; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 10644271781     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.027     Document Type: Article

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