Variations in the Earth's gravity field caused by torsional oscillations in the core

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-434

  Dumberry, Mathieu ^a   Bloxham, Jeremy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Earth's core; Earth's rotation; Figure of Earth; Gravity field; Torsional oscillations

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GRAVITY FIELD; ROTATION;

EID: 8744278877     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02402.x     Document Type: Article

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