Seismic velocity and attenuation structures in the top 400 km of the Earth's inner core along equatorial paths

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Yu, Wen Che ^a   Wen, Lianxing ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348914135     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003995     Document Type: Article

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