On the dynamical implications of models of B(s) in the Earth's core

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 679-686

  Zatman, Stephen ^a,c   Bloxham, Jeremy ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core flows; Dynamo theory; Geomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); FLOW STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0032717752     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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