Magnetoconvection and thermal coupling of the Earth's core and mantle

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1711, 1996, Pages 1413-1424

  Olson, Peter ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE; MAGNETOCONVECTION; MANTLE; ROTATING SPHERICAL SHELL; THERMAL COUPLING;

EID: 0030454757     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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