A note on inertial modes in the core of the Earth

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 63-70

  Rieutord, Michel ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Geodynamo; Inertial modes

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; INERTIA;

EID: 0033974823     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00087-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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