Vernon F. Cormier
Complete CV
Selected Reprints for Downloading
Cormier,
V.F., (2010) Seismic viscoelastic attenuation,
Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics,
Gupta, H. (ed), (preprint) Springer.
Rondenay,
S., V.F. Cormier,
and E. Van Ark
(2010),
SKS
and SPdKS sensitivity to two-dimensional ultra-low velocity zones,
J. Geophys. Res.,
doi:10.1029/2009JB006733.
Zou,
Z.,
K.
Koper, and V.F. Cormier
(2008),
The
structure
of the base of the outer
core inferred from seismic waves diffracted around the inner core,
J. Geophys. Res., 113,
doi:10.1029/2007JB005316.
Cormier,
V.F.
(2007)
Texture of the Uppermost Inner Core from Forward and Back
Scattered Seismic Waves, Earth
Planet. Sci. Lett., 258, 442-453, doi:
10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.003.
Cormier,
V.F., and A. Stroujkova, (2005) Waveform search for the innermost
inner core, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.,
236, 96-105, doi:
10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.016.
Stroujkova,
A.,
and V.F. Cormier (2004) Regional variations in the uppermost 100 km
of the Earth's inner core, J.
Geophys. Res., 109(B10), doi: 10.129/2004JB002976.
Cormier, V.F., and T. S. Anderson, (2004)
Efficiency of Lg propagation from
SmS ray tracing in three-dimensionally varying crustal
waveguides, Pure and Appl.
Geophys. ,161(8),
1613-1633, doi:10.1007/s00024-004-2524-3.
Li,
X., and V.F. Cormier, (2002) Frequency dependent attenuation in
the inner core: Part I. A viscoelastic interpretation, J.
Geophys.
Res. 107(B12),
10.1029/2002JB001795.
Cormier, V.F., and X. Li, (2002) Frequency
dependent attenuation in the inner core: Part II. A
scattering and fabric interpretation, J. Geophys. Res ., 107(B12), 10.1029/2002JB1796.
Cormier,
V.F ., (2000). D" as a transition in the heterogeneity
spectrum of the
lowermost mantle, J. of Geophys. Res ., (2000), 105, 16,193-16,205.
Cormier, V.F.,
(1999). Anisotropy of heterogeneity scale lengths in the lower mantle
from PKIKP precursors, Geophys. J. Int., 136, 373-384.
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