Magnetoconvection in a rapidly rotating sphere

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 129-162

  Walker, Matthew R ^a   Barenghi, Carlo F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Magnetoconvection; Rotating fluids

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EARTH (PLANET); FLUIDS; FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SPHERES; STABILITY; VELOCITY;

EARTH CORE; GEODYNAMO PROBLEM; INDUCTION EQUATION; MAGNETOCONVECTION; MODAL DEPENDENCE; MOMENTUM EQUATION; POLOIDAL FIELD; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE EQUATION; WAVENUMBER;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CORE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOCONVECTION; ROTATING FLUID;

EID: 0031442260     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929708208987     Document Type: Article

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