Leading modes of torsional oscillations within the Earth's core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Dickey, Jean O ^a   De Viron, Olivier ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

COAXIAL CYLINDERS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH ROTATION; EARTH'S CORE; GEOMAGNETIC OBSERVATION; INNER CORE; ISOLATED MODES; MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS; TORSIONAL OSCILLATION;

ROTATION;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; TORSION;

EID: 70350001759     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038386     Document Type: Article

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