On the magnetic sounding of planetary interiors

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 207-220

  Glatzmaier, Gary A ^a   Roberts, Paul H ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE RADIUS; FLAT SPECTRUM METHOD; FROZEN FLUX METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLANETARY INTERIOR;

EID: 0030421082     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9201(96)03188-3     Document Type: Article

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