Existence of finite rigidity layer at the base of the Earth's liquid outer core inferred from anomalous splitting of normal modes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-171

  Tsuboi, Seiji ^a,b   Saito, Masanori ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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CORE (PLANETARY);

EID: 20644456912     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351717     Document Type: Article

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