Predictive mechanism for anisotropy development in the Earth's inner core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 437-442

  Reaman, Daniel M ^a   Daehn, Glenn S ^b   Panero, Wendy R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Earth's inner core; Grain growth; High temperature deformation; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; DEVIATORIC STRESS; DIFFUSION CREEP; DOMINANT DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN BOUNDARY MIGRATIONS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH TEMPERATURE DEFORMATION; INNER CORE; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PREDICTIVE MECHANISMS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

ANISOTROPY; CREEP; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

GRAIN GROWTH;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; INNER CORE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 81355138317     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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