On the motion of an iron-alloy core containing a slurry: I. general theory
作者:
DavidE. Loper,
PaulH. Roberts,
期刊:
Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(Taylor Available online 1977)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 289-321
ISSN:0309-1929
年代: 1977
DOI:10.1080/03091927708242333
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Braginsky (1963) has suggested that the geodynamo is gravitationally powered through the settling downwards of the heavy iron-rich component in the fluid outer core to form a growing solid inner core. Supposing for simplicity that the core is a binary alloy, we examine implications of Braginsky's idea and, in particular, discuss the importance of slurry layers in the fluid core. A thermodynamically acceptable theory for the motion of a slurry is developed, and approximations that make it tractable are discussed. The structure of a well-mixed slurry layer is elucidated. The theory is used to show how seismic waves traversing a slurry are damped and dispersed as a result of melting and re-freezing of the solid phase caused by the passage of the wave.
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