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Stability of Planetary Rotation

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). / Earth and Planetary Sciences

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/12274557
Date04 June 2016
CreatorsChan, Ngai Ham
ContributorsMitrovica, Jerry X.
PublisherHarvard University
Source SetsHarvard University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Rightsopen

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