Terrestrial magnetism: Historical perspectives and future prospects: "Baggage we carry with us"

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 9-27

  Gubbins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamo theory; Geomagnetism; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY;

DYNAMO THEORIES; FUTURE PROSPECTS; GEOMAGNETIC DATA; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; LARGE-SCALE COMPUTING; PALEOMAGNETISM; STATE OF THE ART;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 78650613158     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-010-9675-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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