Long-term true polar wander of the Earth including the effects of convective processes in the mantle and continental drift

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1235-1244

  Nakada, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Earth rotation variations; Rheology: mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL DRIFT; EARTH ROTATION; GEODYNAMICS; INERTIA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; POLAR WANDERING; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 57049189031     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03935.x     Document Type: Article

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