Equations governing convection in earth's core and the geodynamo

Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 79, Issue 1-4, 1995, Pages 1-97

  Braginsky, Stanislav I ^a   Roberts, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

compositional convection; core dynamics; dynamo efficiency; dynamo energetics; geodynamo; Geomagnetism; thermal convection; turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL CONVECTION; CORE (OUTER); CORE DYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0029503163     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929508228992     Document Type: Article

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