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Earth's Core

Dynamics, Structure, Rotation

Dehant, Veronique / Creager, Kenneth C. / Karato, Shun-ichiro / Zatman, Stephen (Herausgeber)

Geodynamics Series

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1. Auflage Januar 2003
278 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-87590-533-4
John Wiley & Sons

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 31.

Geomagnetism, dynamo theory, seismology, geodesy, and mineral physics each present significant perspectives on Earth's core. When interelated, scientists gain and invaluable vantage from which to understans the evolution, dynamics, and state of the core. Earth's Core: Dynamics, Structure, Rotation presents a synthesis of current understanding in proactive analyses of Earth core phenomena, including research in core composition, wave-speed variation, magnetic field signatures, core mantle boundary issues, and more.

Preface

Vdronique Dehant, Kenneth C. Creager, Shun-ichiro Karato, and
Stephen Zatman vii

Dedication

Michael Bergman, Jeremy Bloxham, Richard Holme, Mark Richards,
Doug Wiens, and Michael Wysession ix

Introduction

Vdronique Dehant, Kenneth C. Creager, Shun-ichiro Karato, and
Stephen Zatman 1

Seismology

The Earth's Free Oscillations and the Differential Rotation of
the Inner Core

Gabi Laske and Guy Masters 5

Study of Inner Core Structure and Rotation Using Seismic Records
from

Novaya Zemlya Underground Nuclear Tests

Anyi Li and Paul G Richards 23

On the Origin of Complexity in PKP Travel Time Data

B. Romanowicz, H. Tkalcic, and L. Brdger 31

Three-Dimensional Structure and Differential Rotation of the
Inner Core

Xiaodong Song 45

Inner Core Rotation: A Critical Appraisal

Annie Souriau and Georges Poupinet 65

Mineral Physics

The Three-Dimensional Phase Diagram of Iron

Orson L. Anderson 83

Solidification of the Earth's Core

Michael I. Bergman 105

Thermodynamics of Epsilon Iron at Core Physical Conditions

Surendra K. Saxena 129

Physical Properties of Iron in the Inner Core

Gerd Steinle-Neumann, Lars Stixrude, and R. E. Cohen
137

Geomagnetics/Geodynamics

Thermal Core-Mantle Interactions: Theory and Observations

David Gubbins 163

The Range of Timescales on Which the Geodynamo Operates

Rainer Hollerbach 181

Geodynamo Modeling and Core-Mantle Interactions

Weijia Kuang and Benjamin F. Chao 193

Thermal Interactions Between the Mantle, Outer and Inner Cores,
and the Resulting

Structural Evolution of the Core

Ikuro Sumira and Shigeo Yoshida 213

Decadal Oscillations of the Earth's Core, Angular Momentum
Exchange, and Inner Core Rotation

Stephen Zatman 233

Geodesy

Can a Stably Stratified Layer in the Core be Detected Using Seismic
Normal Modes or Earth Rotation?

David Crossley 241

The Core and Fluctuations in the Earth's Rotation

S. Ponsar, V. Dehant, R. Holme, D. Jault, A. Pais, and T. Van
Hoolst 251

Information About the Core From Earth Nutation

Veronique Dehant and P.M. Mathews 263
Veronique Dehant and Kenneth C. Creager are the authors of Earth's Core: Dynamics, Structure, Rotation, published by Wiley.

S.-i. Karato, Yale University