On the observation of high frequency PKiKP and its coda in Australia

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 497-511

  Poupinet, G ^a,b   Kennett, B L N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Heterogeneities; Inner core; PKiKP; Seismic phase

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; INNER CORE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 3543066338     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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