Gravitationally driven inner core differential rotation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 387-394

  Dumberry, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core mantle coupling; Inner core anisotropy; Inner core rotation; Inner core viscosity

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICAL; COMBINED ACTIONS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORE-MANTLE COUPLING; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; DRIVING MECHANISM; FREEZING RATE; GRAVITATIONAL TORQUE; GROWTH PATTERNS; INNER CORE; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; INNER CORE GROWTH; INNER-CORE ROTATION; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; TIME-AVERAGED; VISCOUS DEFORMATION; VISCOUS RELAXATION; ZONAL FLOWS;

ANISOTROPY; HEAT FLUX; ROTATING MACHINERY; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

ROTATION;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; GEOID; HEAT FLUX; INNER CORE; ROTATION; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 77956012196     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.040     Document Type: Article

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