Geodynamic constraints on the steady and time-dependent inner core axial rotation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 886-895

  Dumberry, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth's magnetic field; Earth's rotation; Inner core; Inner core rotation; Inner core viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMICS; INNER CORE; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34547234156     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03484.x     Document Type: Article

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