Planetary gyre, time-dependent eddies, torsional waves, and equatorial jets at the Earth’s core surface

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3991-4013

  Gillet, N ^a,b   Jault, D ^a,b   Finlay, C C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84930440507     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011786     Document Type: Article

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