The core-mantle friction effect on the secular spin evolution of terrestrial planets

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 398-412

  Correia, Alexandre C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Core mantle friction; Earth; Mercury; Obliquity evolution; Precession; Rotation

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE FRICTION; OBLIQUITY EVOLUTION; SECULAR SPIN EVOLUTION;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRICTION; ROTATION; VISCOSITY;

PLANETS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ELLIPSE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRICTION; PLANETARY ROTATION; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 33751186347     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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