Gravitational energy of core evolution: Implications for thermal history and geodynamo power

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-93

  Stacey, Frank D ^a   Stacey, Conrad H B ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b M and A Mining and Indust Consult   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density pressure relationship; Inner core formation; Mantle

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INNER CORE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

EID: 0343384116     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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