A numerical model for elliptical instability of the Earth's fluid outer core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 51-61

  Seyed Mahmoud, Behnam ^a   Henderson, Gary ^a   Aldridge, Keith ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earth; Elliptical instability; Fluid outer core

Indexed keywords

OUTER CORE; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 0033951630     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00086-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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