Normal mode constraints on shear and compressional wave velocity of the Earth's inner core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 364-375

  Deuss, Arwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth's inner core; elastic properties; free oscillations; iron; seismology

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S INNER CORE; FLUID INCLUSIONS; FREE OSCILLATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SHEAR WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

COMPRESSION; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; FLUID INCLUSION; INNER CORE; IRON; MODELING; OSCILLATION; S-WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VISCOELASTICITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 41449088523     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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