The dynamics of the Earth's inner and outer cores

Classical Mechanics

1951 • 10,303 citations

Preliminary reference Earth model

1981 • 9,821 citations

Magnetic field generation in electrically conducting fluids

1978 • 2,474 citations

Mean-Field Magnetohydrodynamics and Dynamo Theory

1980 • 1,482 citations

An application of normal mode theory to the retrieval of structural parameters and source mechanisms from seismic spectra

1975 • 1,067 citations

The Radiative Equilibrium of a Rotating System of Gaseous Masses

1924 • 870 citations

Berechnung der mittleren Lorentz-Feldstärke für ein elektrisch leitendes Medium in turbulenter, durch Coriolis-Kräfte beeinflußter Bewegung

1966 • 712 citations

The Magnetic Field of Sunspots

1933 • 669 citations

Homogeneous dynamos and terrestrial magnetism

1954 • 566 citations

An introduction to magnetohydrodynamics

1967 • 518 citations

Oscillations of the earth

1959 • 488 citations

The westward drift of the Earth's magnetic field

1950 • 438 citations

Induction Effects in Terrestrial Magnetism Part I. Theory

1946 • 367 citations

Free hydromagnetic oscillations of the earth's core and the theory of the geomagnetic secular variation

1966 • 364 citations

On the motion of solids in a liquid possessing vorticity

1916 • 351 citations

A thermal model of the earth

1977 • 333 citations

The magneto-hydrodynamics of a rotating fluid and the earth’s dynamo problem

1963 • 316 citations

The magnetic field within the earth

1949 • 253 citations

Experiments with rotating fluids

1921 • 235 citations

The adiabatic gradient and the melting point gradient in the core of the Earth

1971 • 231 citations

Generation of planetary magnetism by convection

1976 • 221 citations

Observational constraints on the chemical and thermal structure of the Earth's deep interior

1979 • 189 citations

The Scalar Equations of Infinitesimal Elastic-Gravitational Motion for a Rotating, Slightly Elliptical Earth

1974 • 183 citations

Wobble and nutation of the Earth

1977 • 160 citations

The direction of the Earth's magnetic field at London, 1570-1975

1981 • 148 citations

Spherical Harmonic Analyses of the Geomagnetic Field for Eight Epochs between 1600 and 1910

1974 • 142 citations

Viscosity of the Earth's core

1972 • 139 citations

The Radiative Equilibrium of a Slightly Oblate Rotating Star

1924 • 136 citations

Attenuation in the earth at low frequencies

1983 • 135 citations

Stable regions in the Earth's liquid core

1982 • 135 citations

Geomagnetic westward drift and irregularities in the Earth's rotation

1960 • 130 citations

On the 'Nearly Diurnal Wobble' of the Earth

1974 • 121 citations

Induction Effects in Terrestrial Magnetism. Part III. Electric Modes

1947 • 106 citations

A Model of the Geomagnetic Field at Epoch 1975

1975 • 103 citations

Theories of the geomagnetic and solar dynamos

1974 • 103 citations

Magnetohydrodynamics of the Earth's Dynamo

1978 • 99 citations

Rotation of the inner core

1981 • 97 citations

Geomagnetic core-mantle coupling

1962 • 94 citations

On the motion of an iron-alloy core containing a slurry: I. general theory

1977 • 92 citations

Geophysical evidence for non-newtonian gravity

1981 • 91 citations

Dynamics of the liquid core of the Earth

1972 • 85 citations

Oscillation, Nutation and Wobble of an Elliptical Rotating Earth with Liquid Outer Core

1976 • 84 citations

Radiative Equilibrium of a Double-Star System with nearly Spherical Components

1924 • 82 citations

The Secular Decrease of Obliquity due to Dissipative Core--Mantle Coupling

1976 • 76 citations

Simple core undertones

1980 • 67 citations

Compressibility, core dynamics and the subseismic wave equation

1981 • 65 citations

Effect of the fluid core on changes in the length of day due to long period tides

1981 • 65 citations

A Search for the Earth's 'Nearly Diurnal Free Wobble'

1974 • 64 citations

Core Undertones with Rotation

2007 • 57 citations

Geomagnetic Core?Mantle Coupling and the Chandler Wobble

1965 • 52 citations

Core formation, evolution, and convection: a geophysical model

1980 • 51 citations

THE DYNAMO MAINTENANCE OF STEADY MAGNETIC FIELDS

1957 • 51 citations

Observational constraints on the generation process of the Earth's magnetic field

1976 • 45 citations

Electrical resistivity of the core

1971 • 45 citations

A variational approach to whole-Earth dynamics

1977 • 41 citations

Electromagnetic and Viscous Damping of Core Oscillations

2007 • 40 citations

Magnetic Diffusion in a Spherically-Symmetric Conducting Mantle

1965 • 38 citations

Perturbations in the Earth's Rotation and Geomagnetic Core-Mantle Coupling

1968 • 37 citations

Is the nutation of the solid inner core responsible for the 24-year libration of the pole?

1975 • 32 citations

A reevaluation of the Grüneisen parameter for the Earth's core

1978 • 31 citations

Electronic structure of iron and models of the Earth's core

1976 • 29 citations

How strong is the magnetic field in the Earth's liquid core?

1979 • 27 citations

Kinematic Dynamo Problem

1970 • 22 citations

The effect of compressible flow on anti-dynamo theorems

1980 • 22 citations

Earth science: A new look at the inner core of the Earth

1983 • 12 citations

Chemical history of the Earth's core

1982 • 10 citations

The mass and moment of inertia of the Earth

1977 • 7 citations

Progress in dynamo theory: kinematic and dynamic models

1982 • 4 citations