Dynamos driven by poloidal flow exist

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 857-860

  Love, J J ^a   Gubbins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; MAGNETISM;

POLOIDAL FLUID MOTION;

GEOMAGNETISM; INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; DYNAMO ACTION; FLUID MOTIONS; HELICAL MOTION; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MAGNETIC REYNOLDS NUMBER; POLOIDAL FLOW; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

DYNAMO; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; POLOIDAL FLOW;

EID: 0029669320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00846     Document Type: Article

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