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050 0 0 _aQE509.2
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100 1 _aTkalčić, Hrvoje,
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe earth's inner core :
_brevealed by observational seismology /
_cHrvoje Tkalčić.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2017.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2017).
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Preface; 1. On the history of inner core discovery; 2. Seismological tools to study the inner core; 3. Inner core surface and its interior; 4. Inner core anisotropy; 5. Inner core rotational dynamics; 6. The limitations, the obstacles, and the way forward; Appendix A. Transmission/reflection coefficients for the flat inner core boundary; Appendix B. The angle between PKIKP waves and the rotation axis of the Earth; Appendix C. P-wave velocity in a transversely isotropic inner core; Appendix D. Transdimensional Bayesian inversion; References; Index.
520 _aThe inner core is a planet within a planet: a hot sphere with a mass of one hundred quintillion tons of iron and nickel that lies more than 5000 kilometres beneath our feet. It plays a crucial role in driving outer core fluid motion and the geodynamo, which generates the Earth's magnetic field. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive review of past and contemporary research on the Earth's inner core from a seismological perspective. Chapters cover the collection, processing and interpretation of seismological data, as well as our current knowledge of the structure, anisotropy, attenuation, rotational dynamics, and boundary of the inner core. Reviewing the latest research and suggesting new seismological techniques and future avenues, it is an essential resource for both seismologists and non-seismologists interested in this fascinating field of research. It will also form a useful resource for courses in seismology and deep Earth processes.
650 0 _aSeismology.
_974815
651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
_xCore.
_974816
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781139583954
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