Mechanisms for magnetic field reversals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1916, 2010, Pages 1595-1605

  Petrelis F ^a   Fauve, S ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamo theory; Magnetic field reversals; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DC GENERATORS; GEOPHYSICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

DYNAMO THEORIES; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FLUIDS; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 77950927324     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0250     Document Type: Article

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