Theoretical constraints on true polar wander

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Tsai, Victor C ^a   Stevenson, David J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MODELING; PLATE MOTION; POLAR WANDERING; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 37249010668     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003923     Document Type: Article

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