The inner core and the geodynamo

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-50

  Labrosse, Stéphane ^a   Macouin, Mélina ^a  

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

Author keywords

Core thermodynamics; Earth's magnetic field; Geomagnetism; Palaeointensity; Palaeomagnetism; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM; INNER CORE; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0037222208     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0713(03)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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