Structure and dynamics of Earth's inner core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-225

  Deguen, Renaud ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Deformation texturing; Differential rotation; F layer; Inner core; Solidification texturing

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; EARTH'S INNER CORES; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; F-LAYER; INNER CORE; RADIAL DIRECTION; RECENT PROGRESS; STABLE LAYER; STRATIFIED LAYERS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPY; COREMAKING;

ROTATION;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; INNER CORE; OUTER CORE; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 84861162216     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.038     Document Type: Article

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