Torsional oscillations in dynamo simulations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1367-1380

  Wicht, Johannes ^a   Christensen, Ulrich R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamo:theories and simulations; Numerical solutions; Planetary interiors

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); EARTH STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMO; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SIMULATION;

EID: 77954037849     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04581.x     Document Type: Article

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