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Multidecadal variation of the Earth’s inner-core rotation

Yang, Yi, Song, Xiaodong·2023·Nature Geoscience
DOI 10.1038/s41561-022-01112-z
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  • The temporal patterns from both paths are compatible with the temporal change from a previous study based on waveform doublets.

    “The patterns from both paths are compatible with the temporal change from a previous study based on waveform doublets (Yang & Song, 2023).”

    From Pattern of Inner‐Core Differential Rotation From Long‐Term Earthquake Sequences and USArray Network (2026) · cites this paper as Yang & Song, 2023

  • The temporal data set features a considerably larger amount of data and denser temporal coverage than recent travel-time analysis based on repeating events.

    “We obtain 151 and 85 dt res measurements for SSI-COLA and KI-PLCA paths, respectively.In comparison, the recent work based on travel-time analysis (Yang & Song, 2023) provided measurements from 50 and 4 repeating events for the two paths, respectively.Thus, our data set features a considerably larger amount of data and denser temporal coverage.”

    From Pattern of Inner‐Core Differential Rotation From Long‐Term Earthquake Sequences and USArray Network (2026) · cites this paper as Yang & Song, 2023

  • The exact time of the inner-core rotation reversal is not well constrained by the data, but the best-fit time of 2010 is generally consistent with the turning point of around 2009 from Yang and Song (2023) and Wang et al. (2024).

    “The exact time of reversal is not well constrained in our data, but the time of 2010 from the best-fit spline is generally consistent with the turning point of around 2009 from Yang and Song (2023) and Wang et al. (2024) (Figures 4a and 4b)”

    From Pattern of Inner‐Core Differential Rotation From Long‐Term Earthquake Sequences and USArray Network (2026) · cites this paper as Yang and Song (2023)

  • In general, the results agree with the trend in the multidecadal oscillation model.

    “In general, our results agree with the trend in the multidecadal oscillation model (Yang & Song, 2023).”

    From Pattern of Inner‐Core Differential Rotation From Long‐Term Earthquake Sequences and USArray Network (2026) · cites this paper as Yang & Song, 2023

  • The paper's robust results support the transition model of inner-core differential rotation proposed recently.

    “By averaging more available data than possible from doublet pairs, we provide robust results supporting the transition model of the IC differential rotation proposed recently (Wang et al., 2024;Yang & Song, 2023)”

    From Pattern of Inner‐Core Differential Rotation From Long‐Term Earthquake Sequences and USArray Network (2026) · cites this paper as Yang & Song, 2023

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Authors
Yang, Y., & Song, X.
Affiliations
Peking University (CN)
Corresponding author
Song, Xiaodong
ORCID
Venue
Nature Geoscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2023-01-23
Volume
16
Issue
2
Pages
182-187
ISSN
  • 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
  • 1752-0908
DOI
10.1038/s41561-022-01112-z
OpenAlex
W4317757460
Cited by
56
References
2
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 18
FWCI
9.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
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correction (2023-01-31)
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Nature Geoscience (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (42104096)
  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
  • the National Key R&D Program of China
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Seismic Waves and Analysis
Keywords
inner core rotation, differential rotation, geodynamo, multidecadal oscillations, length of day variations, geomagnetic field variations, angular momentum exchange

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