Mechanisms for oscillatory true polar wander

J. R. Creveling (), J. X. Mitrovica, N.-H. Chan, K. Latychev and I. Matsuyama
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J. R. Creveling: Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
J. X. Mitrovica: Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
N.-H. Chan: Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
K. Latychev: University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A7, Canada
I. Matsuyama: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7423, 244-248

Abstract: Stabilization of the Earth’s rotation axis by a combination of long-term excess ellipticity and elastic stresses in the broken lithosphere provides an explanation for oscillatory true polar wander events spanning the past few billion years of Earth history.

Date: 2012
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