Viscomagnetic torque at the core mantle boundary

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 557-566

  Deleplace, Bérangère ^a   Cardin, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Core mantle coupling; Electrical conductivity; Electromagnetic torque; Nutations; Outer core; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EKMAN LAYER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEODETIC DATUM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUTATION; OUTER CORE; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33750744822     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03180.x     Document Type: Article

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