Publication: Stability of Planetary Rotation
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2014-06-06
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Chan, Ngai Ham. 2014. Stability of Planetary Rotation. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.
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This thesis focuses on the long-term rotational stability of the Earth and terrestrial planets. One important class of perturbation is a reorientation of the solid planet with respect to a rotation pole that remains fixed in an inertial frame. These motions are driven by mass redistribution within or on the surface of the planet (e.g. glaciation, mantle convective flow). Long-term changes in the orientation of the rotation pole are called True Polar Wander (TPW).
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Geophysics, Astrophysics, Earth Rotation Variations, Ice Age, Lithosphere, Martian Ocean, Planetary Rotation, True Polar Wander
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