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Ganondorf_Is_God t1_jdsjgoq wrote

Reply to comment by dukesdj in Around 550 million years ago the earth's magnetic field almost collapsed, but then strengthened a few million years later. Scientists say this may have been due to the formation of the inner core. But why exactly would that cause the magnetic field to get stronger? by somethingX

Alright, got any good sources for getting more up to speed on these domains of knowledge?

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dukesdj t1_jdsowp3 wrote

Depends on exactly what you want to know more about.

Fluid dynamics in general An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by Batchelor is good. Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability is a classic book on fluid instabilities by Chandrasekhar which includes convective instabilities. Introduction to Modeling Convection in Planets and Stars: Magnetic Field, Density Stratification, Rotation by Glatzmaier is good for the more numerical modelling side but also includes theory. Internally Heated Convection and Rayleigh-Bénard Convection by Goluskin is a good book on convection. An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics by Davidson is great for some dynamo theory. Self-Exciting Fluid Dynamos by Moffatt and Dormy is a tough read but focused on all kinds of dynamo theory. Chris Jones lecture notes on Dynamo theory are also great.

For double diffusive convection Pascals notes in the previous post are an excellent place to start.

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