Waves and stationary patterns in the core and the interpretation of transition fields in geomagnetic polarity reversals

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-214

  Hide, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042928507     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01908681     Document Type: Article

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