Flattening of the Earth: Further from hydrostaticity than previously estimated

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 727-732

  Chambat, F ^a,b,c   Ricard, Y ^a,b,d   Valette, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Earth rotation variations; Geopotential theory; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; DENSITY STRUCTURES; EARTH MODELS; EARTH ROTATION; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOPOTENTIALS; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; HYDROSTATICITY; INERTIA RATIO;

HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EARTH (PLANET);

EARTH ROTATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HYDROSTATICS; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958596607     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04771.x     Document Type: Article

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