ANELASTICITY OF INNER CORE
ANELASTICITY OF INNER CORE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-246x.1974.tb04131.x
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
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DOORNBOS, DJ
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DOORNBOS, DJ
Spectral ratios of short-period core phases with common source and receiver and with nearly the same ray paths in the mantle have been formed to derive aQ-structure for 1 Hz compressional waves in the inner core. Data from one large array (NORSAR) have been used to extract the relevant phases, including the pairs (PKIKP, PKiKP), (PKIKP, PKP(BC)), (PKIIKP, PKiKP), (PKIIKP, PKKP(BC)). An array is needed in particular to separatePKIKPandPKiKPand to identifyPKIIKP.In forming the spectral ratios, techniques like spectraforming and instantaneous spectral analysis have been employed. The data have been inverted using a number of different velocity models. The essential features of the resultingQ-models are the same:Qrises from a value of about 200 near the inner core boundary to about 600 at 400 km depth penetration. Below 450 km depth theQ-structure is not well constrained, but probably is below a value of 2000. It is suggested that the temperature at the inner core boundary is close to the melting point of iron and that partial melting occurs in at least part of the inner core. The lowQ-structure greatly affects the amplitudes of phases likePKIIKPandPKJKP. It is verified thatPKIIKPis observable only in exceptional cases and arguments are presented thatPKJKPis too small to be observed.