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Earthquake Displacement Fields and the Rotation of the Earth
. Ed(S): Mansinha, L.; Smylie, D. E.; Beck, A.E.
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Paperback. Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute Conference organized by the Department of Geophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, June 22-28, 1969 Editor(s): Mansinha, L.; Smylie, D. E.; Beck, A.E. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVB; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
The seeds of this conference were sown with the publication by Press, in 1965, of a paper in which he suggested that the displacement field due to a major earthquake may extend over much greater distances than had been thought possible before. Later on, Mansinha and Smylie pointed out that if Press was correct then, since the redistri bution of significant quantities of mass was involved, the inertia tensor of the earth would be altered and thus cause the earth to wobble; this revived the idea that earth quakes might be the long sought source for maintaining the Chandler Wobble. ... Read more
The seeds of this conference were sown with the publication by Press, in 1965, of a paper in which he suggested that the displacement field due to a major earthquake may extend over much greater distances than had been thought possible before. Later on, Mansinha and Smylie pointed out that if Press was correct then, since the redistri bution of significant quantities of mass was involved, the inertia tensor of the earth would be altered and thus cause the earth to wobble; this revived the idea that earth quakes might be the long sought source for maintaining the Chandler Wobble. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401033107
SKU
V9789401033107
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