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Description: A diagram showing the relationship between the motion of conducting fluid (organized into rolls by the Coriolis force) and the magnetic field that the motion generates. Original work by the United States Geological Survey
Title: Dynamo Theory - Outer core convection and magnetic field generation
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Author: Andrew Z. Colvin
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