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physics.geo-ph2017★ 44 cited
Iron Snow in the Martian Core?
Christopher Davies, and Anne Pommier
The decline of Mars' global magnetic field some 3.8-4.1 billion years ago is thought to reflect the demise of the dynamo that operated in its liquid core. The dynamo was probably p…
physics.geo-ph2017★ 44 cited
Geomagnetic spikes on the core-mantle boundary
Christopher Davies, Catherine Constable
Extreme variations of Earth's magnetic field occurred in the Levant region around 1000 BC, when the field intensity rapidly rose and fell by a factor of 2. No coherent link current…
physics.geo-ph2017★ 36 cited
Heat Flow and Boundary Heterogeneity in Rotating Convection
Jon E. Mound, Christopher J. Davies
Convection in the metallic cores of terrestrial planets is likely to be subjected to lateral variations in heat flux through the outer boundary imposed by creeping flow in the over…