Using magnetic fluids to simulate convection in a central force field in the laboratory

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 877-889

  Fruh W G ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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CONVECTION;

EID: 30744438318     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-877-2005     Document Type: Article

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