Geomagnetism and the dynamo: where do we stand?

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 711-720

  Dormy, Emmanuel ^a,b   Le Mouël, Jean Louis ^a  

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

^b MAG LRA   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamo; Magnetohydrodynamics; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749086909     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2008.07.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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