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Stroujkova, A. and Cormier, V.F. (2004). Regional variations in the uppermost 100 km of the Earth's inner core. Journal of Geophysical Research 109: doi: 10.1029/2004JB002976. issn: 0148-0227. |
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The structure of the uppermost 100 km of the inner core was examined from PKIKP and PKiKP waveforms in the distance range of 118¿--140¿. We found evidence of a low-velocity layer in the uppermost inner core in the equatorial region predominantly located between longitude 20¿W to 140¿E. In the latitudinal direction the anomaly is detectable from 35¿S beneath the Indian Ocean to 60¿N underneath Asia. The maximum thickness of the low-velocity layer inferred from waveform modeling is 40 km with velocity jump of about 3%. We speculate that this layer may represent newly solidified core in the area where vigorous compositional convection in the outer core coincides with new crystal growth in the inner core. |
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Keywords
Seismology, Core and mantle, Seismology, Body wave propagation, Seismology, Theory and modeling, Tectonophysics, Earth's interior—composition and state, inner core, seismic phases, PKiKP, PKIKP, travel times |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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