True polar wander associated with continental drift on a hypothetical Earth

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-522

  Nakada, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continental drift; Earth's rotation; Love number; Maxwell viscoelasticity; True polar wander; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; MANTLE; MESOZOIC; POLAR WANDERING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34547109115     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352714     Document Type: Article

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