Reconciling the hemispherical structure of Earth’s inner core with its super-rotation
Reconciling the hemispherical structure of Earth’s inner core with its super-rotation
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Earth’s solid inner core is separated into two distinct hemispheres and is thought to rotate faster than the Earth. An analysis of seismic travel time data allows quantification of the displacement of the hemisphere boundary with time, and results in an estimated super-rotation several orders of magnitude smaller than previously reported.
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Reconciling the hemispherical structure of Earth’s inner core with its super-rotation
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1171881808
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1171881808
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1752-0894
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1752-0908
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10.1038/ngeo1083
