The topographic torque associated with a tangentially geostrophic motion at the core surface and inferences on the flow inside the core

DOI10.1080/03091928908218533zbMath0688.76076OpenAlexW1987747308MaRDI QIDQ4207754

Jean-Louis le Mouël, D. Jault

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928908218533

zbMATH Keywords

core-mantle topographiesgeomagneticianstopographic torque

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Reaction effects in flows (76V05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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• Topographic coupling at the core-mantle interface
• The magneto-hydrodynamics of a rotating fluid and the earth’s dynamo problem