Why does Venus lack a magnetic field?

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 987-990

  Nimmo, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Core; Geodynamo; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC THICKNESS;

GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TECTONICS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CONVECTION; CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLATE TECTONICS; VENUS;

EID: 0036862380     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0987:WDVLAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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