The role of inertia in hydrodynamic models of the geodynamo

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 75-92

  Fearn, D R ^a   Morrison, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ekman number; Geodynamo; Inertia; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; INERTIA; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MODELING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 0035681979     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00278-3     Document Type: Article

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