Inner core anisotropy and rotation

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 117, Issue , 2000, Pages 89-114

  Creager, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84960152465     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM117p0089     Document Type: Chapter

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