Dynamics of True Polar Wander (TPW)
The dynamics of TPW was studied as part of my Ph.D. thesis supervised by Richard J. O'Connell.

• Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (1997). Changes of the Earth's rotation axis owing to advection of mantle density heterogeneities, Nature, 387, 169-173, doi:10.1038/387169a0 [abstract and color version of Figure 1] [pdf] [corrections] [N&V]
• Steinberger, B. and R.J. O'Connell (2002). The convective mantle flow signal in rates of true polar wander, in Ice Sheets, Sea Level and the Dynamic Earth, Geodyn. Ser., 29, ed. Mitrovica, J. X., and L. L. A. Vermeersen, AGU, Washington, DC., 233-256. [abstract] [pdf,7.1Mb] [Figure 9, corrected] [Figure 10, corrected]

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