Rotating magnetoconvection with anisotropic diffusivities in the Earth's core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 27-38

  Soltis T ^a   Brestensky J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusive coefficients; Earth's core; Geomagnetic field; Rotating magnetoconvection; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSIVITY; BUOYANCY FORCES; CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; EARTH'S CORE; ELSASSER NUMBERS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD VECTORS; MAGNETOCONVECTION; ONSET OF CONVECTION; PLANAR LAYERS; VERTICAL AXIS; Z-DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ROTATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SYSTEM STABILITY; TURBULENCE;

ANISOTROPY;

CORE (PLANETARY); EARTH STRUCTURE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 72149084968     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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