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Lecture10

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  1. Motion Inside Earth
  2. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  3. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  4. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  5. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  6. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  7. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  8. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  9. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  10. Why study Earth's internal motion?
  11. 10.1 How does convection work?
  12. Convection
  13. 10.1 How does convection work?
  14. 10.1 How does convection work?
  15. 10.1 How does convection work?
  16. 10.1 How does convection work?
  17. 10.1 How does convection work?
  18. 10.1 How does convection work?
  19. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  20. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  21. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  22. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  23. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  24. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  25. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  26. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  27. 10.2 What does mantle convection look like?
  28. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  29. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  30. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  31. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  32. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  33. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  34. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  35. 10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?
  36. 10.4 How do we know ... Earth's core is a dynamo?
  37. 10.4 How do we know ... Earth's core is a dynamo?
  38. 10.4 How do we know ... Earth's core is a dynamo?
  39. 10.4 How do we know ... Earth's core is a dynamo?

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10.3 How does outer-core convection generate the magnetic field?

A simple view of the geodynamo.

Fig 10.15

A schematic diagram for the geodynamo

The geodynamo hypothesis supposes that spiraling convection in the metallic outer core functions very like coils of wire in a dynamo. The only major item lacking is an "exciter" field—an external magnetic trigger to cause the initial field to form. However, the igniting protosun could have done this.

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