A long-lived lunar dynamo driven by continuous mechanical stirring

Nature

Volumn 479, Issue 7372, 2011, Pages 212-214

  Dwyer, C A ^a   Stevenson, D J ^b   Nimmo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MANTLE; MOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECESSION; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LIQUID; LUNAR DYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICAL STIRRING; MOON; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 80855139776     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10564     Document Type: Article

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