Core-mantle boundary deformations and J2 variations resulting from the 2004 Sumatra earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 718-724

  Cannelli, V ^a   Melini, D ^a   De Michelis, P ^a   Piersanti, A ^a   Florindo, F ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Deformation; Rheology; Seismic modelling; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRAVITY FIELD; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547184517     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03443.x     Document Type: Article

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