Estimates for the effective electrical conductivity of the core in the interior of Jupiter and Saturn

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-236

  Zhang, K ^a   Jones, C A ^a   Chen, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Jupiter; Planet

Indexed keywords

DYNAMO THEORY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLANETARY CORE;

JUPITER; SATURN;

EID: 0030512982     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00115882     Document Type: Article

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