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2001 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

A Heteroclinic Model of Geodynamo Reversals and Excursions

verfasst von : I. Melbourne, M.R.E. Proctor, A.M. Rucklidge

Erschienen in: Dynamo and Dynamics, a Mathematical Challenge

Verlag: Springer Netherlands

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The Earth’s magnetic field is by and large a steady dipole, but its history has been punctuated by intermittent excursions and reversals. This is at least superficially similar to the behaviour of differential equations containing structurally stable heteroclinic cycles. We present a model of the geodynamo that is based on the symmetries of velocity fields in a rotating spherical shell, and that contains such a cycle. Patterns of excursions and reversals that resemble the geomagnetic record can be obtained by introducing small symmetry-breaking terms.

Metadaten
Titel
A Heteroclinic Model of Geodynamo Reversals and Excursions
verfasst von
I. Melbourne
M.R.E. Proctor
A.M. Rucklidge
Copyright-Jahr
2001
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0788-7_43

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