Magnetic and viscous coupling at the core-mantle boundary: Inferences from observations of the Earth's nutations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-152

  Buffett, B A ^a   Christensen, U R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core mantle coupling; Eddy viscosity; Magnetic field; Ohmic dissipation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTATION; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 35248879624     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03543.x     Document Type: Article

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