What can the observed rotation of the Earth's inner core reveal about the state of the outer core?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 564-572

  Hollerbach, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth rotation; Earth's core; Earth's magnetic field; Geomagnetic field; Inner core; Outer core

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INNER CORE; OUTER CORE;

EID: 0032426248     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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