Inner-core shear-wave anisotropy and texture from an observation of PKJKP waves

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7206, 2008, Pages 873-876

  Wookey, James ^a   Helffrich, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; INNER CORE; ROTATION; SOLID; WAVE VELOCITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 49649111190     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07131     Document Type: Article

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