Inner core attenuation anisotropy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 581-594

  Yu, Wen che ^a   Wen, Lianxing ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropy; attenuation structure; Earth's inner core; hexagonal close packed iron; velocity structure

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S INNER CORE; HEXAGONAL CLOSE-PACKED IRON; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; ATTENUATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANISOTROPY; INNER CORE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 33646512829     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.043     Document Type: Article

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