Perturbations of the Earth's rotation and their implications for the present-day mass balance of both polar ice caps

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-138

  Nakada, Masao ^a   Okuno, Jun'ichi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Earth's rotation; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Greenland; Ice sheet; Sea level

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE CAP; MASS BALANCE; PERTURBATION; PLEISTOCENE; POLAR WANDERING; SECULAR VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0037219337     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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