Polar wander of the earth associated with the quaternary glacial cycle on a convecting mantle

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 569-578

  Nakada, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Earth rotation variations

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; BASAL MELTING; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; GEODYNAMICS; GEOID; GLACIOISOSTASY; INERTIA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; ORBITAL FORCING; POLAR MOTION; QUATERNARY;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349996289     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04289.x     Document Type: Article

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