Torque balance, Taylor's constraint and torsional oscillations in a numerical model of the geodynamo

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 29-51

  Dumberry, Mathieu ^a   Bloxham, Jeremy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core; Geodynamo; Magnetohydrodynamics; Torsional oscillations

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 0344287184     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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