The rotational stability of an ice-age earth

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 491-506

  Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a   Wahr, John ^b   Matsuyama, Isamu ^a   Paulson, Archie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth rotation; Glacial rebound; Liouville equations; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GLACIAL REBOUND;

ELASTICITY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMAGNETISM; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LIOUVILLE EQUATION; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EARTH ROTATION; ELASTIC LITHOSPHERE; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLACIAL REBOUND; HYDROSTATIC COMPONENTS; LINEARIZED EULER EQUATION; SENSITIVITY TO VARIATIONS; TRUE POLAR WANDER;

FORECASTING;

EID: 18944403291     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02609.x     Document Type: Article

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