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Science 26 July 1996:
Vol. 273. no. 5274, pp. 428 - 429
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5274.428
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Research News

Richard A. Kerr

The interior of the Earth is geologists' final frontier, a domain with much uncharted territory. Geophysicists are now pondering the implications of a recent fundamental discovery about this realm: that the solid inner core spins faster than the rest of the planet. This finding may yield new insight into the development and strength of Earth's magnetic field.

[Web Site] Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)