A hemispherical dynamo model: Implications for the Martian crustal magnetization

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 217, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-21

  Dietrich, W ^a,b   Wicht, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient Martian dynamo; CMB heat flux anomaly; Hemispherical magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; AXISYMMETRIC; CMB HEAT FLUX ANOMALY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL MAGNETIZATION; DYNAMO MODELS; FLUX PATTERNS; HEMISPHERICAL SURFACES; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; NORTH POLE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUMERICAL DYNAMOS; RADIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THERMAL WINDS; TIME-SCALES;

DC GENERATORS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIZATION;

HEAT FLUX;

HEAT FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; MARS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84874387245     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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