Did the 1977 Sumba earthquake excite the Chandler wobble?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 287-292

  Alfonsi, Laura ^a   Piersanti, Antonio ^a   Spada, Giorgio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chandler wobble; Coseismic processes; Earthquakes; Polar wandering; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CHANDLER WOBBLE; PLANETARY ROTATION; POLAR WANDER; SUMBA EARTHQUAKE 1997;

EID: 0031408276     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00177-5     Document Type: Article

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