Chemical stratification at the top of Earth's core: Constraints from observations of nutations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 367-372

  Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core dynamics; Core mantle boundary; Tidal dissipation

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CORE DYNAMICS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DISSIPATION MECHANISM; EARTH'S CORE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC CORE; FLUID STRATIFICATION; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LIQUID CORES; RADIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; STRATIFIED FLUID; STRATIFIED LAYERS; STRONG STRATIFICATION; TIDAL DISSIPATION; TIDAL FLOW;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUTATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 77954656200     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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