Rationale and geophysical evidence for quasi-geostrophic rapid dynamics within the Earth's outer core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 380-390

  Gillet, Nicolas ^a   Schaeffer, Nathanaël ^a   Jault, Dominique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Core flow; Earth's core; Geomagnetic secular variation; Quasi geostrophy

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC MOTIONS; CORE FLOW; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EARTH'S CORE; EQUATORIAL PLANES; FLOW MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATION; GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; LARGE LENGTH-SCALE; LENGTH SCALE; MAGNETIC DIFFUSIVITY; MAGNETIC-FIELD INTENSITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; QUASI-GEOSTROPHY; ROTATION AXIS; ROTATION RATE; SECULAR VARIATION; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL ENERGY;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ROTATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; OUTER CORE; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 79957939794     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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