Fluid motions induced by horizontally heterogeneous Joule heating in the Earth's inner core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 134-142

  Takehiro, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamo; Inner core flows; Interaction between the inner and outer cores; Joule heating; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DC GENERATORS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW FIELDS; HEATING; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; JOULE HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; STRESSES;

HEATING DISTRIBUTIONS; INNER CORE; INNER CORE BOUNDARY; INTERACTION BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER CORES; LARGE-SCALE DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AMPLITUDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FLUID FLOW; GEODYNAMO; HEATING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; INNER CORE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 79952735512     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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