Geomagnetic jerks from the Earth's surface to the top of the core

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 675-684

  Chambodut, Aude ^a,b,d   Eymin, Céline ^c   Mandea, Mioara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Core dynamics; Core surface flows; Geomagnetic jerks; Magnetic models

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); FLUID FLOW; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 34547982219     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352730     Document Type: Article

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