Forward models of torsional waves: Dispersion and geometric effects

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1311-1329

  Cox, G A ^a   Livermore, P W ^a   Mound, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core, outer core and inner core; Dynamo: theories and simulations; Numerical solutions; Planetary interiors; Rapid time variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892454577     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt414     Document Type: Article

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