Some remarks on polar wandering
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Earth polar wanderings attributed to rotation axis angular displacements generated by density redistribution on geologic time scale
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Goldreich and Toomre showed that a highly viscous lower mantle is not needed to explain Earth's non-hydrostatic bulge.
“Goldreich & Toomre (1969) have shown that a highly viscous lower mantle is not required to explain the Earth's non-hydrostatic bulge.”
From Speculations on the Thermal and Tectonic History of the Earth (2007) · cites this paper as Goldreich & Toomre (1969)
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- Authors
- Goldreich, P., & Toomre, A.
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1969-05-15
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2555-2567
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2070873700
- Cited by
- 457
- References
- 28
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- FWCI
- 19.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Keywords
- polar wander, Earth rotation axis, angular displacement, paleomagnetism, geologic time scale
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