ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The site where the forces of deceleration are applied to the rotating Earth is still uncertain. Jeffreys2 proposed that the locus of these forces is tidal effects in shallow seas, especially in the Bering Sea. Munk and MacDonald1 have disputed the estimates of the magnitude of the tidal drag and ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/237093a0
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