On effect of precession-induced flows in the liquid core for early Earth's history
Secondary and tertiary flow patterns seen in experiments simulating flow in the Earth's liquid core induced by luni-solar precession of the solid mantle (Vanyo et al., 1995) hint at the development of non-axisymmetric columnar periodic structures. A simple interpretation of the structure fo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
| Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/13/525/2006/npg-13-525-2006.pdf |
| Summary: | Secondary and tertiary flow patterns seen in experiments simulating flow in the Earth's liquid core induced by luni-solar precession of the solid mantle (Vanyo et al., 1995) hint at the development of non-axisymmetric columnar periodic structures. A simple interpretation of the structure formation is presented in a hydrodynamic approach. It is suggested that if similar flow patterns can occur in the Earth's liquid core enclosed into precessing and rotating mantle then kinematic of the flows may be regarded as a possible geodynamo mechanism for early Earth's history (before the solid core formation). |
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| ISSN: | 1023-5809 1607-7946 |