Time-domain approach to linearized rotational response of a three-dimensional viscoelastic earth model induced by glacial-isostatic adjustment: I. Inertia-tensor perturbations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 443-462

  Martinec, Zdeněk ^a,b   Hagedoorn, Jan ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Earth's rotation; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Love numbers; Second degree geopotential coefficients; Tensor spherical harmonics

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; GLACIATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33745278560     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02758.x     Document Type: Article

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