Dynamics of the stably stratified ocean at the top of the core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-34

  Braginsky, Stanislav I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle coupling; Earth; Hydrodynamic properties

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMO; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033601882     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00143-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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