Recent changes of the Earth's core derived from satellite observations of magnetic and gravity fields

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 19129-19133

  Mandea, Mioara ^a   Panet, Isabelle ^b   Lesur, Vincent ^c   De Viron, Olivier ^b   Diament, Michel ^b   Le Mouël, Jean Louis ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core dynamics; Earth's interior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTH CORE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84869782931     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207346109     Document Type: Article

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