Constraints on density and shear velocity contrasts at the inner core boundary

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1146-1151

  Cao, Aimin ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density contrast; ICB; Inner core; PKiKP PcP amplitude ratio; S velocity contrast

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); DENSITY; INNER CORE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 3142694114     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02330.x     Document Type: Article

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