Theory of the Geodynamo

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 67-105

  Roberts, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidynamo theorems; Cyclonic turbulence; Helicity; Magnetohydrodynamics; Mean field electrodynamics; Pre Maxwell electrodynamics; Rotating fluids; Self excited fluid dynamos; Turbulent induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882872498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00133-4     Document Type: Chapter

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