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Title: Glacial isostatic adjustment and Earth rotation: Refined constraints on the viscosity of the deepest mantle

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/95JB01963· OSTI ID:263310
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  1. Univ. of Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

This report explores the use of the present-day rate and direction of polar wander and the magnitude of the nontidal acceleration of the rate of planetary rotation of the earth to contrain the viscosity of the lower regions of the lower mantle.

OSTI ID:
263310
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, Issue B2; Other Information: PBD: 10 Feb 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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