Overview

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-30

  Olson, P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Core dynamics; Core mantle boundary; Core mantle interactions; Dynamo theory; Earth's core; Earth's mantle; Energetics; Fluid experiments; Geomagnetic field; Inner core boundary; Magnetohydrodynamics; Numerical models; Paleomagnetic field; Precession; Rotation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859116372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00125-5     Document Type: Chapter

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