The magnetic structure of convection-driven numerical dynamos

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 945-956

  Aubert, Julien ^a   Aurnou, Jonathan ^b   Wicht, Johannes ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamo: Theories and simulations; Geomagnetic excursions; Geomagnetic induction; Reversals: Process, timescale, magnetostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; IMAGING METHOD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 39049119232     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03693.x     Document Type: Article

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