On the lack of seismic discontinuities within the inner core

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 779-786

  Leyton, F ^a   Koper, K D ^a   Zhu, L ^a   Dombrovskaya, M ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner core; Reflection seismology; Seismic array

Indexed keywords

INNER CORE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745264431     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02480.x     Document Type: Article

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