A spectral search for the inner core wobble in Earth's polar motion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Guo, Jun Yi ^a,b   Greiner Mai, H ^c   Ballani, L ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; INNER CORE; POLAR MOTION;

EID: 29444439808     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003377     Document Type: Article

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