Why are earthquakes nudging the pole towards 140°E ?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Spada, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Fisica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POLES; CALCULATIONS; EARTH (PLANET); GEOPHYSICS; ROTATION; TECTONICS;

COMBINED EFFECT; DISLOCATION THEORY; INERTIA VARIATION; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; TIME-SCALES;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

DIP SLIP NATURE; EARTH ROTATION POLE; HYPOCENTERS; INERTIA;

EARTHQUAKE; PLANETARY ROTATION; ROTATIONAL POLE;

EID: 0031103934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00247     Document Type: Article

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