A mechanism for decade fluctuations in the length of day

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 25, 1996, Pages 3803-3806

  Buffett, Brace A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; OSCILLATIONS; TORQUE; ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM CONSERVATION; DAY LENGTH FLUCTUATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL COUPLING;

GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CORE/MANTLE COUPLING; DAY LENGTH; PLANETARY ROTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COUPLED SYSTEMS; DYNAMO CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TORQUES; EXCITATION MECHANISMS; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; GRAVITATIONAL TORQUE; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; QUALITY FACTOR Q;

EID: 0030417507     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03571     Document Type: Article

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