On the possibility of quantifying diffusion and horizontal Lorentz forces at the Earth's core surface

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-54

  Hulot, G ^a   Chulliat, A ^b  

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

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen flux hypothesis; Geomagnetism; Lorentz force; Magnetic diffusion; Magnetohydrodynamics; Tangential geostrophy

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); DIFFUSION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037440389     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00191-7     Document Type: Article

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