Geodynamo simulations - How realistic are they?

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2002, Pages 237-257

  Glatzmaier, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer models; Core convection; Geomagnetic field

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0036434788     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.30.091201.140817     Document Type: Article

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