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Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 1084–1091, (2016) [doi: 10.1002/2015GL067019]
Multiscale model of global inner-core anisotropy induced by hcp-alloy plasticity
A. Lincot, Ph. Cardin, R. Deguen, S. Merkel
The Earth's solid inner-core exhibits a global seismic anisotropy of several percents. It results from a coherent alignment of anisotropic Fe-alloy crystals through the inner-core history that can be sampled by present-day seismic observations. By combining self-consistent polycrystal plasticity, inner-core formation models, Monte-Carlo search for elastic moduli, and simulations of seismic measurements, we introduce a multiscale model that can reproduce a global seismic anisotropy of several percents aligned with the Earth's rotation axis. Conditions for a successful model are an hexagonal-close-packed structure for the inner-core Fe-alloy, plastic deformation by pyramidal
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