edited by P. Brosche and J. Sündermann ; with contributions by M. Bonatz ... [et al.].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer-Verlag,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1978.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 241 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographies.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Pre-telescopic astronomical observations / F.R. Stephenson -- Tidal deceleration of the earth's rotation deduced from astronomical observations in the period A.D. 1600 to the present / L.V. Morrison -- Determination of the rotation of the earth (at present) / H. Enslin -- Effect of tidal friction on the lunar orbit and the rotation of earth and its determination by laser ranging / O. Calme and J.D. Mulholland -- Tides of solid earth from gravimetric measurements / M. Bonatz -- Tidal friction in the solid earth: loading tides versus body tides / J. Zschau -- Tidal dissipation in the oceans / K. Lambeck -- The influence of solid earth deformations on semidiurnal and diurnal oceanic tides / W. Zahel -- The numerical computation of tidal friction for present and ancient oceans / J. Sundermann and P. Brosche -- The earth's palaeorotation / H. Lambeck -- Periodic growth features in fossil organisms and the length of the day and month / C.T. Scrutton -- Geological and geophysical evidence relating to continental growth and dynamics and the hydrosphere in Precambrian times: a review and analysis / J.D.A. Piper.