Earth’s Rotation from Eons to Days: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) of the University of Bielefeld, FRG. September 26–30, 1988

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Earth’s Rotation Measured by VLBI....Pages 1-12
Relativity and the Earth’s Rotation....Pages 13-20
Astrometric Observations of Hevelius and Derived Values of Δ T (Dynamical time — Universal time)....Pages 21-26
Historical Chinese Astronomical Observations....Pages 27-32
Application of Early Chinese Records of Lunar Occultations and Close Approaches....Pages 33-39
Ancient Central Eclipse Records of China and Variation of the Earth’s Rotation....Pages 40-45
Ancient Eclipse Records of East Asia and the Earth’s Rotation....Pages 46-50
Tidal Acceleration of the Moon....Pages 51-51
The Variation in J 2 and in the Moments of Inertia: Satellite Results and Consequences for the Angular Momentum Budget of the Earth-Moon-Sun System....Pages 52-57
Celestial Mechanics of Present Tidal Friction....Pages 58-68
The Consideration of Solid Earth Effects in Ocean Tide Modeling....Pages 69-80
Variations of the Angular Momentum Budget for Tides of the Present Ocean....Pages 81-94
The Pole Tide and the Damping of the Earth’s Free Nutation....Pages 95-107
The Seasonal Angular Momentum of the Thermohaline Ocean Circulation....Pages 108-126
Atmospheric Effects on the Earth’s Rotation....Pages 127-140
The Solar Torque — A Leak for the Angular Momentum of the Earth-Moon System....Pages 141-145
Tectonic Consequences of the Earth’s Variable Rotation on Geological Time Scales....Pages 146-162
Secular Variations of the Earth’s Moment of Inertia and Related Quantities....Pages 163-176
Global Consequences of the Tidal Secular Deceleration for the Solid Earth and its Fluid Core....Pages 177-187
Astronomical Frequencies in Paleoclimatic Data and the Dynamical Ellipticity of the Earth....Pages 188-200
Quaternary Sea-Level Changes in the North Sea, an Analysis of Amplitudes and Velocities....Pages 201-214
Tidal Rhythms in the Shell Secretion of Living Bivalves....Pages 215-226
Implications of Some Recent Sedimentological Studies to the History of the Earth-Moon System....Pages 227-233
Continental Configurations and Mantle Reference Frames over Geological Time....Pages 234-255