Path of the mean rotational pole from 1899 to 1994

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 623-629

  McCarthy, Dennis D ^a   Luzum, Brian J ^a  

^a US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth's rotation; Geodynamics

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; MARKOWITZ WOBBLE; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 0029774213     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

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