Spectral element modelling of three-dimensional wave propagation in a self-gravitating Earth with an arbitrarily stratified outer core

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-141

  Chaljub, Emmanuel ^a   Valette, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Brunt V is l frequency; Elastodynamics; Global seismology; Numerical modelling; Self gravitation; Spectral element method; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; OUTER CORE; SEISMIC WAVE; STRATIFIED FLUID; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 3843095144     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02267.x     Document Type: Article

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