Normal mode coupling due to hemispherical anisotropic structure in Earth's inner core

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 962-975

  Irving, J C E ^a   Deuss, A ^a   Woodhouse, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition of the core; Seismic anisotropy; Surface waves and free oscillations; Theoretical seismology

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; INNER CORE; MODELING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 67749101471     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04211.x     Document Type: Article

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