Earth's Variable Rotation Geophysical Causes and Consequences

Name: Earth's Variable Rotation Geophysical Causes and Consequences
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ISBN: 9780521673303

ISBN-10: 0521673305

ISBN-13: 9780521673303

Edition: 2005

Authors: Kurt Lambeck, C. G. Batchelor (Deceased), M. J. Ablowitz, S. H. Davis, E. J. Hinch

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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. In this book Professor Lambeck discusses the irregular nature of this motion and the geophysical mechanisms responsible for it. A complete analysis of these causes requires a discussion of solid Earth physics, magnetohydrodynamics, oceanography and meteorology. The study of the Earth's rotation is therefore of interest not only to astronomers who wish to explain their observations, but also…

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List price: $92.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.298



Preface



A perspective



Some physical properties of the earth



Rotational dynamics



Excitation functions



The astronomical evidence



Tides



Seasonal variations



The Chandler wobble



Decade fluctuations



Tidal dissipation



Paleorotation


Bibliography


Indexes