The possible polar wandering of the planet Mars is investigated by modeling some of the many surface magnetic anomalies discovered by Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). First I describe the physics of polar wandering by exposing the theory developed by Ricard et al. [1993] and Spada et al. [1996]. I derive the linear form of the equation of polar motion in the time domain valid for polar motion of up to 10 deg. The long-term polar motion of a non-rigid planet is also discussed via the rotational number first defined by Spada et al. [1996]. The main conclusion of Spada et al. [1996] can be reached by using the simpler linear equation of polar motion.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.81602 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Boutin, Daniel |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002209364, proquestno: AAIMR12405, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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