convection

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"In addition to heat and compositional convection, the fluid-like motion of light elements may help power Earth's magnetic engine."

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According to this idea, the planet was capped by a stiff, unmoving outer shell while heat-driven convection took place deeper in the mantle.

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Plasma convection -- the large-scale flow of charged particles within the magnetosphere -- drives many dynamic space phenomena.

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However, decades of helioseismic studies have revealed conflicting information about how these flows behave deep inside the convection zone.

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As the molten iron and nickel slowly cool, they form swirling convection currents in the outer core.

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