Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976moon...15..109b&link_type=abstract
The Moon, vol. 15, Jan.-Feb. 1976, p. 109-117.
Physics
Geophysics
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Continental Drift, Displacement Measurement, Earth Surface, Lunar Tides, Convection, Decay Rates, Earth Mantle, Geophysics, Secular Variations
Scientific paper
The paper examines the effect of the secular rotational strain imposed by tidal bulge formation on convection of arbitrary origin in the earth's mantle. The dissipation as measured by the lag in the bodily tides appears adequate to explain the missing part of the dissipation without recourse to an unidentified mechanism in the seas. The convection itself must be influenced by the external force system. The effect to be expected is that circulation resulting in westward displacement at the surface must be fostered at the expense of circulation in other directions. The history of the tidal couple, if this is based on dissipation in the mantle, is likely to differ greatly from that of a couple based on dissipation in the seas.
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