Numerical dynamo models of Uranus' and Neptune's magnetic fields

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 556-572

  Stanley, Sabine ^a   Bloxham, Jeremy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Neptune; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748707375     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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