Equatorially asymmetric convection inducing a hemispherical magnetic field in rotating spheres and implications for the past martian dynamo

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 185, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 61-73

  Landeau, Maylis ^a   Aubert, Julien ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Antisymmetric; Dynamo; Hemispherical; Mars; Rotating convection; Secular cooling

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; DYNAMO; HEMISPHERICAL; MARS; ROTATING CONVECTION; SECULAR COOLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DC GENERATORS; HEAT CONVECTION; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ROTATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

SPHERES;

COOLING; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SECULAR VARIATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 79953042313     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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