Electromagnetic core-mantle coupling III. Laterally varying mantle conductance

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 329-344

  Holme, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular momentum exchange; Core mantle coupling; Torque

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CORE (PLANETARY); COUPLING; MANTLE; TORQUE;

EID: 0033954962     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00105-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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