Laboratory Experiments on the Dynamics of the Core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 139-156

  Olson, Peter ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core formation; Experimental dynamos; Fluid experiments; Inner core dynamics; Liquid gallium; Liquid sodium; Rotating convection; Rotational instabilities

Indexed keywords

CORE FORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL DYNAMOS; INNER CORE; LIQUID GALLIUM; LIQUID SODIUM; ROTATING CONVECTION; ROTATIONAL INSTABILITIES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; GALLIUM; LIQUID METALS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METALS; SILICATES; SODIUM;

ROTATION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEODYNAMO; INNER CORE; LABORATORY METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; OUTER CORE; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 80053177090     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.08.006     Document Type: Review

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