The influence of differential rotation on magnetic instability, and nonlinear magnetic instability in the magnetostrophic limit

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 173-200

  Fearn, D R ^a   Lamb, C J ^b   McLean, D R ^a   Ogden, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Geostrophic flow; Magnetic instability; Taylor's constraint

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001609692     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929708245461     Document Type: Article

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