Geodynamo reversal frequency and heterogeneous core-mantle boundary heat flow

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 66-79

  Olson, Peter L ^a   Coe, Robert S ^b   Driscoll, Peter E ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^b   Roberts, Paul H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Dynamo models; Geomagnetic polarity reversals; Heat flow

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE FREQUENCY; AXISYMMETRIC; BOUNDARY HEAT FLUX; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DYNAMO MODELS; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY REVERSAL; HEAT FLOWS; HETEROGENEOUS BOUNDARIES; HETEROGENEOUS CORES; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNETIC POLARITY REVERSAL; NUMERICAL DYNAMOS; POLARITY REVERSAL; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

DC GENERATORS; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERACTIVE DEVICES;

HEAT FLUX;

AMPLITUDE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMO; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HEAT SOURCE; HETEROGENEITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77952551459     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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