Redistributing Earth's Mass
- 2 August 2002
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 297 (5582) , 783-784
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1074593
Abstract
Since the end of the last glaciation, postglacial rebound of Earth's crust has resulted in a net transfer of mass from the equatorial regions to high latitudes. This small mass transfer has been monitored for 25 years. But a report by Cox and Chao suggests that since 1998, the mass transfer has changed direction. In their Perspective, Cazenave and Nerem discuss possible mechanisms that may have caused this change.Keywords
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