Complex seismic anisotropy in the top of the Earth's inner core beneath Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Yu, Wen Che ^a   Wen, Lianxing ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CORRELATION; INNER CORE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 35348827388     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004868     Document Type: Article

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