The influence of fluid properties on the morphology of core turbulence and the geomagnetic field

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 359-360, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-60

  Calkins, Michael A ^a   Aurnou, Jonathan M ^b   Eldredge, Jeff D ^b   Julien, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Earth's core; Geodynamo; Material properties; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCING; COHERENT VORTICES; CONVECTION SIMULATIONS; CONVECTIVE TURBULENCE; CONVECTIVE VELOCITY; EARTH'S CORE; FLUID PROPERTY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; INFLUENCE OF FLUID; LENGTH SCALE; LOW PRANDTL NUMBER; MAGNETIC DIFFUSIVITY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; REYNOLDS STRESS; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; ZONAL FLOWS;

DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; LIQUID METALS; MORPHOLOGY; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; OUTER CORE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONVECTION; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84868456511     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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