Coupled normal-mode sensitivity to inner-core shear velocity and attenuation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 204-212

  Andrews, J ^a   Deuss, A ^a   Woodhouse, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Inner core; Mode coupling; Normal modes

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; COUPLING; DATA INVERSION; INNER CORE; NORMAL FAULT; PERTURBATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 33749370811     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03022.x     Document Type: Article

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