Open AccessOn Detecting Changes in the Earth's Radius
Author(s) -
Ward M. A.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1963.tb06285.x
Subject(s) - earth radius , radius , permian , paleomagnetism , devonian , geology , earth (classical element) , geophysics , geodesy , paleontology , physics , astronomy , magnetic field , computer science , magnetosphere , computer security , quantum mechanics , structural basin
Summary Estimates of the Earth's radius in the geological past can be made from paleomagnetic evidence. A method appropriate to the spherical environment of the data for dealing with this problem is given, which is applied to Devonian, Permian and Triassic data from Europe and Siberia, yielding estimated radii for these periods of 1.12, 0.94 and 0.99 times the present radius respectively. These estimates are not considered to be significantly different from the present radius.