Seismological evidence for a localized mushy zone at the Earth’s inner core boundary
The existence of a mushy zone in the Earth’s inner core has been suggested, but has remained unproven. Here, the authors have discovered a 4–8 km thick mushy zone at the inner core boundary beneath the Okhotsk Sea, indicating that there may be more localized mushy zones at the inner core boundary....
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Main Authors: | Dongdong Tian, Lianxing Wen |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2017
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/3522f56066e14adf91cde6a77c4740d3 |
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