Effects of a radially varying electrical conductivity on 3D numerical dynamos

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 42-53

  Gómez Pérez, Natalia ^a   Heimpel, Moritz ^b   Wicht, Johannes ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Mercury; Numerical dynamos; Variable electrical conductivity

Indexed keywords

CORE BOUNDARY; CORE LIQUIDS; CORIOLIS; DYNAMO ACTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FORCE BALANCES; GEODYNAMO; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; LIQUID ALLOY; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC-FIELD INTENSITY; NUMERICAL DYNAMOS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SILICATE ROCKS; SIMULATED FLUIDS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DC GENERATORS; FLUIDS; LIQUID METALS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MERCURY (METAL); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CORIOLIS FORCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MERCURY (PLANET); OUTER CORE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77953288806     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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