A thermodynamic formulation of the equations of motion and buoyancy frequency for Earth's fluid outer core

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-101

  Jöhnk, Klaus ^a   Svendsen, Bob ^a,b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

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EID: 0030304460     PISSN: 09351175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01184763     Document Type: Review

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