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English: A diagram showing the relationship between the motion of conducting fluid (organized into rolls by the Coriolis force) and the magnetic field that the motion generates. Original work by the United States Geological Survey
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Author Andrew Z. Colvin

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Diagram showing how the presence of convection currents leads to a magnetic field

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15 January 2021