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Numerical Computation of Tidal Friction for Present and Ancient Oceans

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Tidal Friction and the Earth’s Rotation

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The Earth loses rotational energy. This is evident from astronomic and paleontologic data for present as well as for ancient times. For the present state the estimates for the loss of rotational energy Ėrot range within the interval of 4–7 1019 erg/s, according to Rochester (1973), Muller and Stephenson (1975), and Kagan (1977).

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  1. Observatorium Hoher List, Universitätssternwarte Bonn, 5568, Daun/Eifel, Germany

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  2. Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Hamburg, Heimhuder Straße 71, 2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    Jürgen Sündermann

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Sündermann, J., Brosche, P. (1978). Numerical Computation of Tidal Friction for Present and Ancient Oceans. In: Brosche, P., Sündermann, J. (eds) Tidal Friction and the Earth’s Rotation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67097-8_10

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