Local computation of the geostrophic pressure at the top of the core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 309-328

  Chulliat, A ^a   Hulot, G ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Core; Frozen flux hypothesis; Geostrophic pressure

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OUTER CORE;

EID: 0033954836     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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