Geomagnetic constraints on stratification at the top of Earth's core

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 661-664

  Gubbins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core convection; Geomagnetism; Secular variation; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; OUTER CORE; SECULAR VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 34547968218     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352728     Document Type: Article

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