An early lunar core dynamo driven by thermochemical mantle convection

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6919, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Stegman, Dave R ^a   Jellinek, A Mark ^a   Zatman, Stephen A ^b   Baumgardner, John R ^c   Richards, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOON; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOMETRY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATION;

ASTRONOMY;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; THORIUM; TITANIUM;

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MANTLE CONVECTION; MOON; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COOLING; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 0037426837     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01267     Document Type: Article

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