Complex polarity reversals in a geodynamo model

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 168-179

  Olson, Peter L ^a   Glatzmaier, Gary A ^b   Coe, Robert S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamo models; Earth's core; Geodynamo; Geomagnetic poles; Polarity reversals

Indexed keywords

DYNAMO MODELS; EARTH'S CORE; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC POLES; POLARITY REVERSALS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DC GENERATORS;

BRUNHES CHRON; CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; MODELING; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

EID: 79952619326     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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