A simple model for mantle-driven flow at the top of Earth's core

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 845-854

  Amit, Hagay ^a   Aubert, Julien ^a   Hulot, Gauthier ^a   Olson, Peter ^b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Mantle tomography; Thermal wind; Time average core flow

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SECULAR VARIATION; STEADY FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY; WIND FORCING;

EID: 53849128892     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352836     Document Type: Article

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