Deepest mantle viscosity: Constraints from Earth rotation anomalies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Peltier, W R ^a   Drummond, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH ROTATION; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; MANTLE VISCOSITY; RADIAL VARIATIONS; ROTATIONAL STATE; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY;

SEA LEVEL;

VISCOSITY;

ANOMALY; EARTH ROTATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; MANTLE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRADE-OFF; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954389456     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043219     Document Type: Article

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