Ancient dynamos of terrestrial planets more sensitive to core-mantle boundary heat flows

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-40

  Hori, K ^a   Wicht, J ^b   Dietrich, W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core mantle thermal interaction; Early geodynamo; Early Martian dynamo; Inner core growth; Paleomagnetic field; Secular cooling

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORE-MANTLE THERMAL INTERACTIONS; CRUSTAL MAGNETIZATION; GEODYNAMO; HEAT FLUX VARIATIONS; INNER CORE GROWTH; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PALEOMAGNETIC FIELD; AZIMUTHAL SYMMETRIES;

DC GENERATORS; HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84902507223     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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