Flow speeds and length scales in geodynamo models: The role of viscosity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 371-372, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-162

  King, Eric M ^a   Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodynamo; Geophysical fluid dynamics; Planetary magnetism

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SIMILARITIES; GEODYNAMO; GEODYNAMO MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARAMETER SPACES; SCALING ANALYSIS; SCALING BEHAVIOR;

LIQUID METALS;

VISCOSITY;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84878478756     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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