The structure of the base of the outer core inferred from seismic waves diffracted around the inner core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Zou, Zuihong ^a   Koper, Keith D ^a   Cormier, Vernon F ^b  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH STRUCTURE; INNER CORE; OUTER CORE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE GENERATION;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GERMANY; JAPAN;

EID: 50649114554     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005316     Document Type: Article

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