Viscosity of the Earth's fluid core and torsional oscillations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Mound, Jon ^a,b   Buffett, Bruce ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); FLUID; OSCILLATION; TORSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 62549150469     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004426     Document Type: Article

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