Decadal correlation between crustal deformation and variation in length of day of the Earth

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 989-992

  Wang, Qing Liang ^a,c   Chen, Yun Tai ^b   Cui, Du Xin ^a   Wang, Wen Ping ^a   Liang, Wei Feng ^a  

^a CSB   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORRELATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EARTH ROTATION; STRESS; TIMESCALE;

EID: 20544462030     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352318     Document Type: Article

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