Formation of current coils in geodynamo simulations

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7208, 2008, Pages 1106-1109

  Kageyama, Akira ^a   Miyagoshi, Takehiro ^a   Sato, Tetsuya ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEODYNAMO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 50649121843     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07227     Document Type: Article

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