Using earthquake doublets to study inner core rotation and seismicity catalog precision

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Li, Anyi ^a   Richards, Paul G ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Doublet; Inner core phase; Inner core rotation; PKP(DF)

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344391995     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000379     Document Type: Article

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