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Earthquake Displacement Fields and the Rotation of the Earth

A NATO Advanced Study Institute

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  • © 1970

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Editors:
  1. L. Mansinha

    1. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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  2. D. E. Smylie

    1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  3. A. E. Beck

    1. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 20)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Review

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Polar Wobble and Drift: A Brief History

      • M. G. Rochester
      Pages 3-13

  3. Elasticity Theory of Dislocation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Earthquake Displacement Fields

      • Michael A. Chinnery
      Pages 17-38

    3. Deformation of a Spherical Earth Model by Finite Dislocations

      • Ari Ben-Menahem, Sarva Jit Singh
      Pages 39-42

  4. Present day Measurement and analysis of Rotation and Polar Motion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Polar Motion in Recent Years

      • S. Yumi
      Pages 45-53

    3. Work of the Bureau international De L’Heure on the Rotation of the Earth

      • Bernard Guinot
      Pages 54-62

    4. Stability of Station and the Earth’s Figure

      • S. Yumi
      Pages 63-68

    5. Sudden Changes in Rotational Acceleration of the Earth and Secular Motion of the Pole

      • W. M. Markowitz
      Pages 69-81

    6. Secular Motion of the Pole

      • S. Yumi, Y. Wako
      Pages 82-87

    7. The Dynamical Coupling Between Inner Core and Mantle of the Earth and the 24-Year Libration of the Pole

      • F. H. Busse
      Pages 88-98

    8. Deconvolution of the Pole Path

      • D. E. Smylie, G. K. C. Clarke, L. Mansinha
      Pages 99-112
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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. They argued that since earthquakes are sudden events it should be worthwhile trying to determine if there was any correlation between sudden changes in the Chandler term of the pole path and major earthquakes. Furthermore, since displacements occur both before and after an earthquake it might be possible to obtain a few days warning of a major earthquake by making instantaneous observations of the pole path. Analysis of the data indicated some correlation but, as often happens in science in general and in geophysics in particular, the results were not conclusive because of imperfect theory and the need for more accurate determinations of the pole position. It soon became clear that a meeting between geophysicists and astronomers involved in this type of work would be of mutual benefit.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    L. Mansinha, A. E. Beck

  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    D. E. Smylie

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Earthquake Displacement Fields and the Rotation of the Earth

  • Book Subtitle: A NATO Advanced Study Institute

  • Editors: L. Mansinha, D. E. Smylie, A. E. Beck

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3308-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1970

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0159-6Due: 31 July 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3310-7Published: 12 August 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3308-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 310

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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