The inner core of the Earth, a solid piece of iron 2,400 kilometres in diameter, is rotating faster than the rest of the planet. At its equator, it moves under our feet by more than 20 kilometres a year.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Song, X. & Richards, P. G. Nature 382, 221–224 (1996).
Jeanloz, R. & Wenk, H. R. Geophys. Res. Lett. 15, 72–75 (1988).
Masters, G. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc. 57, 507–534 (1979).
Gubbins, D., Masters, T. G. & Jacobs, J. A. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc. 59, 57–99 (1979).
Hollerbach, R. & Jones, C. A. Nature 365, 541–543 (1993).
Glatzmaier, G. A. & Roberts, P. H. Phys. Earth planet. Inter. 91, 63–75 (1995).
Glatzmaier, G. A. & Roberts, P. H. Nature 377, 203–209 (1995).
Szeto, A. M. K. in Dynamics of the Earth's Deep Interior and Earth Rotation (eds Le Mouël, J.-L, Smylie, D. E. & Herring, T.) 31–33 (AGU, Washington DC, 1993).
Gubbins, D. J. geophys. Res. 86, 11695–11699 (1981).
Fearn, D. R., Loper, D. E. & Roberts, P. H. Nature 292, 232–233 (1981).
Morrison, L. V. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc. 58, 349–360 (1979).
Jault, D., Gire, C. & Le Mouël, J.-L. Nature 33, 353–356 (1988).
Mathews, P. M., Buffett, B. A., Herring, T. A. & Shapiro, I. I. J. geophys. Res. 96, 8243–8257 (1991).
Bloxham, J., Gubbins, D. & Jackson, A. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A329, 415–502 (1989).
Halley, E. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 13, 208–221 (1683).
Bullard, E. C., Freeman, C., Gellman, H. & Nixon, J. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A243, 61–92 (1950).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Whaler, K., Holme, R. Catching the inner core in a spin. Nature 382, 205–206 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/382205a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/382205a0
