Characterization and implications of intradecadal variations in length of day

R. Holme () and O. de Viron
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R. Holme: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GP, UK
O. de Viron: University of Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cit, Institut de Physique du Globe (UMR7154), 75013 Paris, France

Nature, 2013, vol. 499, issue 7457, 202-204

Abstract: Variations in Earth's rotation show clear signals of a 5.9-year oscillation and jumps in Earth’s moment of inertia; correlation with the geomagnetic field suggests an origin in Earth’s core and constrains the conductivity and thus the composition and mineralogy of the deep mantle.

Date: 2013
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