An examination of simulated geomagnetic reversals from a palaeomagnetic perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1768, 2000, Pages 1141-1170

  Coe, Robert S ^a   Hongre, Lionel ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core processes; Geodynamo simulations; Geomagnetic reversals; Geomagnetism; Palaeomagnetism; Polarity transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348003936     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0578     Document Type: Article

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