Can the Earth ’ s dynamo run on heat alone ?
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David Gubbins,1,∗ Dario Alfè,2,4 Guy Masters,3 G. David Price2 and M. J. Gillan4 1School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT 2Research School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck College and University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 3IGPP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA 4Physics and Astronomy Department, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
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