Isotropy overlying anisotropy at the top of the inner core

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Nov 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.4331o&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 22, p. 4331-4334

Physics

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Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Core Processes, Seismology: Core And Mantle, Tectonophysics: Core Processes, Tectonophysics: Earth'S Interior-Composition And State

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We investigate the existence of anisotropy near the top of the inner core under the western hemisphere using differential travel times of pole-parallel PKPcd-PKPdf phase pairs and comparisons to equatorial data. We invert a large dataset of PKP differential travel-time residuals in the same region for a layered model of inner core anisotropy. Our analysis shows that the uppermost 50-150 km of the inner core in this region is isotropic. This implies that anisotropy at greater depths is higher than previous estimates, perhaps as high as 5%. The transition from isotropy to strong anisotropy is modeled as a discontinuity, but a broad transition zone is not excluded by the data. We offer several possible mechanisms for the existence of a layered structure of anisotropy.

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