Seismic properties of the inner core boundary from PKiKP/P amplitude ratios

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 680-694

  Koper, Keith D ^a   Dombrovskaya, Marina ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner core boundary; PKiKP; Seismic array

Indexed keywords

INNER CORE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC ARRAY; SHEAR VELOCITY;

DATA PROCESSING; EARTH (PLANET); GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

INNER CORE; SEISMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 24144450332     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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