Open AccessHow Geodynamo Models Churn the Outer Core
Author(s) -
Alka Tripathy-Lang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo154727
Subject(s) - dynamo theory , core (optical fiber) , outer core , dynamo , inner core , geology , physics , geophysics , magnetic field , quantum mechanics , optics
New simulations of Earth’s outer core have reproduced magnetic fields that—for the first time—match paleomagnetic data collected from rocks.