Stratified anisotropic structure at the top of Earth's inner core: A normal mode study

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Irving, Jessica C E ^a   Deuss, Arwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Free oscillations; Inner core

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; BODY WAVES; FREE OSCILLATION; INNER CORE; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; ISOTROPIC LAYERS; NORMAL MODE MODEL; NORMAL MODES; QUALITY FACTORS; RADIAL MODE; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; VARYING THICKNESS;

SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

ANISOTROPY;

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE; INNER CORE; ISOTROPY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 79955706003     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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