Convection driven geodynamo models of varying Ekman number

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 225-259

  Sarson, G R ^a   Jones, C A ^a   Longbottom, A W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Dynamos; Hyperdiffusivity; Taylor's constraint

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GEODYNAMO;

EID: 0032447238     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929808245475     Document Type: Article

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