A numerical study of dynamo action as a function of spherical shell geometry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 542-557

  Heimpel, M H ^a   Aurnou, J M ^b   Al Shamali, F M ^a,c   Gomez Perez, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core convection; Geodynamo; Inner core; Planetary magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ELSASSER NUMBERS; PLANETRY CORE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPHERICAL SHELL RADIUS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

PLANETS;

CONVECTION; CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 22144471513     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.032     Document Type: Article

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