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Forte et al. 1995
Forte, A.M., Mitrovica, J.X. and Woodward, R.L. (1995). Seismic-geodynamic determination of the origin of excess ellipticity of the core-mantle boundary. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/95GL01065. issn: 0094-8276.

We demonstrate that the excess dynamic ellipticity of the core-mantle-boundary (CMB) inferred from the period of the Earth's retrograde free core nutation (RFCN) may be explained in terms of viscous stresses generated by mantle convective flow. The 3D elastic structure and radial viscosity profile which define the model used in the viscous flow calculations are constrained to simultaneously reconcile a large set of seismic and geodynamic data. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Geodesy and Gravity, Rotational variations, Seismology, Core and mantle, Tectonophysics, Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle—general, Tectonophysics, Rheology—general
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Geophysical Research Letters
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