Are geomagnetic data consistent with stably stratified flow at the core-mantle boundary?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 929-946

  Lesur, V ^a   Whaler, K ^b   Wardinski, I ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Rapid time variations; Satellite magnetics

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS;

CORE SURFACE FLOWS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; GEOMAGNETIC OBSERVATION; INVERSION METHODS; STRATIFIED LAYERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 84933555083     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv031     Document Type: Article

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