Changes in rotation induced by Pleistocene ice masses with stratified analytical Earth models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 27689-27702

  Vermeersen, L L A ^a,b   Fournier, A ^a,c   Sabadini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; PLANETARY ROTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031448386     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01738     Document Type: Article

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