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Gyre-driven decay of the Earth's magnetic dipole

Direct observations indicate that the magnitude of the Earth's magnetic axial dipole has decreased over the past 175 years; it is now 9% weaker than it was in 1840. Here we show how the rate of dipole decay may be controlled by a planetary-scale gyre in the liquid metal outer core. The gyre...

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Autores principales: Finlay, Christopher C., Aubert, Julien, Gillet, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26814368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10422