Constraints on the outer-core tangent cylinder using normal-mode splitting measurements

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 787-792

  Ishii, Miaki ^a   Dziewoński, Adam M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Free oscillations; Inner core; Outer core; Seismic velocities; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDER; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OUTER CORE; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 33745285980     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02587.x     Document Type: Article

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