Symmetry and stability of the geomagnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Coe, R S ^a   Glatzmaier, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EQUATORIAL SYMMETRY; GEODYNAMO; INVERSE CORRELATION; PALEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETISM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOMAGNETISM; SIMULATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SYMMETRY;

EID: 34248556050     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027903     Document Type: Article

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