On the viscosity and creep mechanism of Earth's inner core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Van Orman, James A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1213 Geodesy and gravity: Earth's interior dynamics (8115,8120); 3902 Mineral physics: Creep and deformation; 5120 Physical properties of rocks: Plasticity, diffusion, and creep; 7207 Seismology: Core and mantle

Indexed keywords

CREEP; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

CREEP MECHANISMS; HARPER-DORN CREEP; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS;

EARTH (PLANET);

CREEP; DEFORMATION; INNER CORE; IRON; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 11844278422     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021209     Document Type: Article

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