Planetary magnetic fields

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Stevenson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetism; Planetary cores; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); CORIOLIS FORCE; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLANET; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0037443663     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01126-3     Document Type: Article

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