The rotation of the earth : a geophysical discussion / Walter H. Munk and Gordon J.F. MacDonald
Type de document : MonographieCollection : Cambridge monographs on mechanics and applied mathematicsLangue : anglais.Pays: Grande Bretagne.Éditeur : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1975Description : 1 vol. (xix-323 p.) : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 0521207789.ISSN: 0960-2933.Bibliographie : Bibliogr. p. [297]-313. Index.Sujet MSC : 86-02, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to geophysics86Axx, Geophysics
70F15, Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics, Celestial mechanics Item type:
Monographie
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Publisher's 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. 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.
Bibliogr. p. [297]-313. Index
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