A study of the uppermost inner core from PKKP and P′ P′ differential traveltimes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 565-574

  Rost, Sebastian ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Array; Earth's core; Inner core; Seismology

Indexed keywords

INNER CORE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 1642488195     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02139.x     Document Type: Article

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