Experimental evidence of non-linear resonance effects between retrograde precession and the tilt-over mode within a spheroid

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 407-416

  Noir, J ^a   Cardin, P ^a   Jault, D ^a   Masson, J P ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Earth's rotation; Nutation

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); EARTH ROTATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUTATION;

EID: 0042123674     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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