Fast torsional waves and strong magnetic field within the Earthg's core

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7294, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Gillet, Nicolas ^a   Jault, Dominique ^a   Canet, Elisabeth ^a   Fournier, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GEODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; ISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING; OUTER CORE; RHEOLOGY; TORSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICAL TORSION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 77952023179     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09010     Document Type: Article

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