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The rotation of the earth : a geophysical discussion

by Walter H. Munk and Gordon J.F. Macdonald

(Cambridge monographs on mechanics and applied mathematics)

Cambridge University Press, 1960

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reprinted with corrections, 1975

Bibliography: p.297-313

Includes index

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内容説明

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.

目次

  • Part I. Preview
  • Part II. Precession, nutation and wobble
  • Part III. Dynamics
  • Part IV. Deformation
  • Part V. Love numbers and associated coefficients
  • Part VI. Solutions to the approximate Liouville equation
  • Part VII. Observations of latitude
  • Part VIII. Observations of the length of day
  • Part IX. Seasonal and other short-period variations
  • Part X. Chandler wobble
  • Part XI. Historical variations
  • Part XII. Geological variations
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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