Elliptical instability in rotating spherical fluid shells: Application to Earth's fluid core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 257-282

  Seyed Mahmoud, Behnam ^a   Aldridge, Keith ^b   Henderson, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital particle imaging velocimetry; Elliptical instability; Rotating fluid shell

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); INSTABILITY; ROTATING FLUID;

EID: 16544369374     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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