MHD flow in a slightly differentially rotating spherical shell, with conducting inner core, in a dipolar magnetic field

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 15-30

  Dormy, Emmanuel ^a   Cardin, Philippe ^b,c   Jault, Dominique ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INNER CORE;

EID: 0031726066     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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