Magnetostatic and electrostatic torques within a planet

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1150-1152

  Hide, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Earth's rotation; Electromagnetism; Geodynamics; Geomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEODYNAMICS; PLANETARY ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0032449823     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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