Axial invariance of rapidly varying diffusionless motions in the Earth's core interior

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Jault, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Core flow; Earth's core; Geomagnetic field; Magneto hydrodynamic waves

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CORE FLOW; DIFFUSIONLESS MOTIONS; EARTH'S CORE INTERIOR; ELSASSER NUMBER;

EARTH (PLANET);

CORE (PLANETARY); DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 39049114014     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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