On the peculiar nature of turbulence in planetary dynamos

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 702-710

  Nataf, Henri Claude ^a   Gagnière, Nadège ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

DTS; Dynamo; Planetary core; Spherical Couette

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749095830     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2008.07.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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