A theory of the Earth's magnetic field and of sunspots, based on a self-excited dynamo incorporating the Hall effect

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 265-279

  De Paor, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SUNSPOT;

EID: 0034777360     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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