A model of the dynamical structure of Earth's outer core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 179-196

  Loper, David E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic state; Heat; Outer core

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); HEAT TRANSFER; OUTER CORE;

EID: 0033977460     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00096-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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