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Outer Core Convection

Outer Core Convection is the large-scale, thermally and compositionally driven fluid motion within the Earth's outer core, distinguished by its role in sustaining the geodynamo through the generation and organization of electric currents and magnetic fields.

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Geological consequences of superplumes

Roger L. Larson · Geology · 1991 · 641 citations

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Influence of early plate tectonics on the thermal evolution and magnetic field of Mars

F. Nimmo, D. J. Stevenson · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2000 · 299 citations

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Fluid flow near the surface of Earth's outer core

Jeremy Bloxham, Andrew Jackson · Reviews of Geophysics · 1991 · 285 citations

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On the thermal evolution of the Earth's core

B. A. Buffett, Herbert E. Huppert, John R. Lister et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1996 · 245 citations

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Outer-core geostrophic flow and secular variation of Earth's geomagnetic field

Jean‐Louis Le Mouël · Nature · 1984 · 170 citations

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Authors

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  1. PO
    Peter Olson

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    8 publications · 459 citations

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  2. JM
    J. M. Aurnou

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 100 citations

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  3. CA
    C. A. Jones

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  4. PC
    Philippe Cardin

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 236 citations

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  5. KH
    Kei Hirose

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    2 publications · 107 citations

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Institutions

116

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    527 citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    799 citations

  3. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    675 citations

  4. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    154 citations

  5. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    411 citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    347 citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    146 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    372 citations

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  1. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

    11 publications · 513 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 8 publications · 924 citations

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  3. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 7 publications · 287 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    5 publications · 238 citations

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