Instability of Ekman-Hartmann boundary layers, with application to the fluid flow near the core-mantle boundary

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-26

  Desjardins, Benot ^a   Dormy, Emmanuel ^b,c   Grenier, Emmanuel ^d  

^a BP 12   (France)

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

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Earth core dynamics; Ekman Hartmann layers

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EKMAN LAYER; FLUID FLOW; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035083221     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(00)00199-0     Document Type: Article

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