Iron snow zones as a mechanism for generating Mercury's weak observed magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Vilim, R ^a   Stanley, S ^a   Hauck II, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; CORE (PLANETARY); GEODYNAMO; HYDROMECHANICS; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MERCURY (PLANET); REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SNOW; SULFUR;

MERCURIA;

EID: 78649339051     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003528     Document Type: Article

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