Core concerns. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): Monastersky, Richard
  • Source:
    Science News. 10/19/96, Vol. 150 Issue 16, p250. 2p. 3 Color Photographs.
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    • Subject Terms:
      EARTH'S core; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the importance of computer models in research into the Earth's core. Success of Gary Glatzmaier and Paul H. Roberts in creating a sophisticated virtual version of Earth's metallic core; How the computer models may reveal the origin of the planet's magnetic field; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) theory about the movement of metallic fluids and Earth's geomagnetic field; Findings which computer models have successfully theorized, including about the spin of Earth's core.