The Earth's Variable Rotation: Geophysical Causes and Consequences - Rilegato

Lambeck, Kurt

 
9780521227698: The Earth's Variable Rotation: Geophysical Causes and Consequences

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An analysis of the irregular rotation of the Earth and the geophysical mechanisms responsible for it.

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Descrizione del libro

Astronomers have long noted that the Earth does not rotate uniformly about an axis fixed in the planet, that both the length-of-day and the direction of the rotation axis vary periodically and irregularly by small amounts. These variations are an immediate consequence of the Earth not being a rigid body.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. A perspective; 2. Some physical properties of the earth; 3. Rotational dynamics; 4. Excitation functions; 5. The astronomical evidence; 6. Tides; 7. Seasonal variations; 8. The Chandler wobble; 9. Decade fluctuations; 10. Tidal dissipation; 11. Paleorotation; Bibliography; Indexes.

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9780521673303: The Earth's Variable Rotation: Geophysical Causes and Consequences

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ISBN 10:  0521673305 ISBN 13:  9780521673303
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008
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