Geomagnetic induction in a heterogenous sphere: Azimuthally symmetric test computations and the response of an undulating 660-km discontinuity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 2765-2783

  Everett, M E ^a   Schultz, A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; DISCONTINUITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029776225     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03541     Document Type: Article

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