Turbulent viscosity measurements relevant to planetary core-mantle dynamics

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-8

  Brito, Daniel ^a   Aurnou, Jonathan ^b   Cardin, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle interaction; Geodynamo; Planetary cores; Turbulent viscosity

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEODYNAMO; ROTATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0742287826     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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