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

Lambeck, Kurt

 
9780521227698: The Earth's Variable Rotation: Geophysical Causes and Consequences
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521227690 ISBN 13: 9780521227698
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1980

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1980
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521227690
ISBN 13 
9780521227698
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
460

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