Effect of the viscoelastic lithosphere on polar wander speed caused by the Late Pleistocene glacial cycles

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 230-238

  Nakada, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earth's rotation; Lithosphere; Mantle viscosity; Maxwell viscoelasticity; Polar wander

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLEISTOCENE; POLAR WANDERING; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033790846     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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