Geophysical model of the dynamical flattening of the Earth in agreement with the precession constant

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Defraigne, P ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lateral heterogeneity; Mantle convection; Moments of inertia

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL FLATTENING; EARTH SHAPE; PRECESSION CONSTANT; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0030780253     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00986.x     Document Type: Article

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