Climatic impact of glacial cycle polar motion: Coupled oscillations of ice sheet mass and rotation pole position

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B1, 1999, Pages 1059-1075

  Bills, Bruce G ^a,b,e   James, Thomas S ^c   Mengel, John G ^d,f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d Space Applications ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Space Applications Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EARTH ROTATION; ICE SHEET; POLAR MOTION; PRECESSION;

EID: 0033540331     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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