Author:
Allan D. W.,Bullard E. C.
Abstract
AbstractThe magnetic field observable outside a body of conducting fluid in which field is imbedded may be considerably altered by convection currents in the fluid. One possible explanation of the geomagnetic secular variation foci is that localized convection cells in the earth's core disturb the main field present. An analytic solution for such a process is readily obtained by assuming the form and dimensions for such a cell, and shows that the magnitude of the secular variation cannot easily be explained on these lines without the presence of a subsurface toroidal magnetic field of some hundreds of gauss which is ‘convected through’ the surface of the core.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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