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DOI | 10.1038/s41561-020-0589-y |
Weak magnetic field changes over the Pacific due to high conductance in lowermost mantle | |
Dumberry, Mathieu; More, Colin | |
2020-06-29 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE GEOSCIENCE |
ISSN | 1752-0894 |
EISSN | 1752-0908 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 13期号:7页码:516-+ |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Canada |
英文摘要 | For the past few centuries, the temporal variation in Earth's magnetic field in the Pacific region has been anomalously low. The reason for this is tied to large-scale flows in the liquid outer core near the core-mantle boundary, which are weaker under the Pacific and feature a planetary-scale gyre that is eccentric and broadly avoids this region. However, what regulates this type of flow morphology is unknown. Here we present results from a numerical model of the dynamics in Earth's core that includes electromagnetic coupling with a non-uniform conducting layer at the base of the mantle. We show that when the conductance of this layer is higher under the Pacific than elsewhere, the larger electromagnetic drag force weakens the local core flows and deflects the flow of the planetary gyre away from the Pacific. The nature of the lowermost mantle conductance remains unclear, but stratified core fluid trapped within topographic undulations of the core-mantle boundary is a possible explanation. High conductance in the lowermost mantle beneath the Pacific deflects the planetary gyre, which results in limited variation in the magnetic field in the region, according to numerical modelling of Earth's core dynamics. |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000544997400014 |
WOS关键词 | GEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATION ; POST-PEROVSKITE ; TORSIONAL WAVES ; WESTWARD DRIFT ; EARTHS ; BOUNDARY ; CONVECTION ; CONDUCTIVITY ; OSCILLATIONS ; CONSTRAINTS |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/281805 |
专题 | 地球科学 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dumberry, Mathieu,More, Colin. Weak magnetic field changes over the Pacific due to high conductance in lowermost mantle[J]. NATURE GEOSCIENCE,2020,13(7):516-+. |
APA | Dumberry, Mathieu,&More, Colin.(2020).Weak magnetic field changes over the Pacific due to high conductance in lowermost mantle.NATURE GEOSCIENCE,13(7),516-+. |
MLA | Dumberry, Mathieu,et al."Weak magnetic field changes over the Pacific due to high conductance in lowermost mantle".NATURE GEOSCIENCE 13.7(2020):516-+. |
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