The Convective Mantle Flow Signal in Rates of True Polar Wander

  1. Jerry X. Mitrovica,
  2. Bert L.A. Vermeersen
  1. Bernhard Steinberger1,
  2. Richard J. O'Connell2

Published Online: 17 MAR 2013

DOI: 10.1002/9781118670101.ch15

Book Title

Ice Sheets, Sea Level and the Dynamic Earth

Ice Sheets, Sea Level and the Dynamic Earth

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How to Cite

Steinberger, B. and O'Connell, R. J. (2002) The Convective Mantle Flow Signal in Rates of True Polar Wander, in Ice Sheets, Sea Level and the Dynamic Earth (eds J. X. Mitrovica and B. L.A. Vermeersen), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C.. doi: 10.1002/9781118670101.ch15

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institut Für Meteorologie Und Geophysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  2. 2

    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 17 MAR 2013
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 2002

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780875905310

Online ISBN: 9781118670101

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Keywords:

  • Glacial isostasy;
  • Sea level;
  • Earth-Crust;
  • Geodynamics

Summary

  • Introduction

  • Change of the Earth's Rotation Axis Due Imp Osed Changes of the Inertia Tensor

  • Change of Axis of Maximum Non-Hydrostatic Moment of Inertia Caused by Advection of Mantle Density Heterogeneities

  • Discussion

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