Axial and equatorial rotations of the Earth's cores associated with the Quaternary ice age

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-147

  Nakada, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core mantle coupling; Earth's length of day; Earth's rotation; Electromagnetic coupling; Glacial rebound; Mantle viscosity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYNOMIALS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CORE-MANTLE COUPLING; EARTH'S LENGTH OF DAY; EARTH'S ROTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; GLACIAL REBOUND; MANTLE VISCOSITY; RADIAL MAGNETIC FIELD;

EARTH (PLANET);

GLACIAL REBOUND; MANTLE; QUATERNARY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 31744446101     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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