Westward drift of the lithosphere: not a result of rotational drag

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May 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000geoji.141..535r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 141, Issue 2, pp. 535-537.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Lithosphere

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It is shown that any non-zero torque resulting from differences in angular velocity between individual shells in the Earth would be an extremely short transient phenomenon as a consequence of the viscosity of the asthenosphere. Consequently, it cannot be a factor in the origin of the toroidal velocity field of degree one (`westward drift') of the lithosphere.

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