| Preface 1 A perspective 2 Some physical properties of the Earth 2.1 Elastic deformation 2.2 Anelastic deformation 2.3 The core 2.4 Gravity field 3 Rotational dynamics 3.1 Rigid body rotation 3.2 Non-rigid body rotation: general formulation 3.3 Rotation of spheroid with fluid core 3.4 Rotational deformation 3.5 Damped linear motion 4 Excitation functions 4.1 Alternative formulations 4.2 Surface loading 4.3 Schematic excitation functions 5 The astronomical evidence 5.1 Observations of the Earth's rotation 5.2 Length-of-day 5.3 Polar motion 5.4 New observation techniques 6 Tides 6.1 Earth tides 6.2 Ocean and atmospheric tides 6.3 Satellite observations of tidal parameters 6.4 Tidal perturbations in rotation 7 Seasonal variations 7.1 Atmospheric pressure 7.2 Groundwater 7.3 Oceans 7.4 Winds 7.5 Astronomical and geophysical comparisons 7.6 Non-seasonal meteorological exictations in l.o.d. 8 The Chandler wobble 8.1 The Chandler period of the solid Earth 8.2 Dissipation in the solid Earth 8.3 The pole tide 8.4 Excitation of the Chandler wobble 9 Decade fluctuations 9.1 Core-mantle coupling 9,2 Oceanic and atmospheric contributions 9.3 Earthquakes 9.4 Conclusions 10 Tidal dissipation 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The problem 10.3 Astronomical evidence 10.4 Ocean tide dissipation 10.5 Discussion 11 Paleorotation 11.1 Polar wander 11.2 Tidal accelerations in the geological past 11.3 Paleontological docks 11.4 Paleorotation and the lunar orbit Bibliography Author index Subject index |
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