Geomagnetic jerks as chaotic fluctuations of the Earth's magnetic field

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 839-850

  Qamili, E ^a,b   De Santis, A ^a,c   Isac, A ^d   Mandea, M ^e   Duka, B ^f   Simonyan, A ^g  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ROMANIA   (Romania)

^e CNES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^g INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

chaos; ergodicity; geomagnetic field; geomagnetic jerks

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CHAOTIC FLUCTUATIONS; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; ERGODICITY; EXPONENTIAL TIME; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC JERKS; GEOMAGNETIC MODEL; PHASE-SPACE ANALYSIS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84878389248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004398     Document Type: Article

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