Are axially symmetrical models of the dynamo adequate for modelling the geodynamo?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Anufriev, A P ^a   Hejda, P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dynamo theory; Taylor state; Taylor's constraint

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033601885     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00146-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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