The Rotation of the Earth: A Geophysical Discussion (Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics) - Hardcover

Munk, Walter H.; MacDonald, Gordon J. F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521207789 ISBN 13: 9780521207782

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1975

Synopsis

This book gives an account of certain observed irregularities on the rotation of the Earth, both in its rate of rotation (giving a variable length of day) and in the position of its axis. These irregularities are caused by events on and within the Earth and provide a means of studying a number of geophysical problems. Seasonal shifts in air masses and variable winds are causes of short-period fluctuations in the rotation. Climatic changes and their attendant sea levels are in part responsible for long-term fluctuations. Modern observations of the Moon and descriptions of ancient elipses both establish a secular increase in the length of day. The interpretation involves atmospheric, oceanic and bodily tides. The book provides a unified treatment of the rotation of the Earth, making this method of studying geophysical phenomena more readily accessible to geophysicists and others.

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Book Description:

This book gives an account of certain observed irregularities on the rotation of the Earth, both in its rate of rotation (giving a variable length of day) and in the position of its axis. These irregularities are caused by events on and within the Earth and provide a means of studying a number of geophysical problems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0521207789
• ISBN 13: 9780521207782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 342