Lower mantle conductivity anomalies estimated from geomagnetic jerks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Nagao, Hiromichi ^a   Iyemori, Toshihiko ^a   Higuchi, Tomoyuki ^b   Araki, Tohru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conductivity anomaly; D layer; Geomagnetic jerk; Mantle conductivity; Secular variation; Superplume

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0041382745     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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