A linear viscoelasticity for decadal to centennial time scale mantle deformation

ER Ivins, L Caron, S Adhikari, E Larour… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The extended Burgers material (EBM) model provides a linear viscoelastic theory for
interpreting a variety of rock deformation phenomena in geophysics, playing an increasingly …

The resonant tidal evolution of the Earth-Moon distance

M Farhat, P Auclair-Desrotour, G Boué… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Due to tidal interactions in the Earth-Moon system, the spin of the Earth slows down and the
Moon drifts away. This recession of the Moon can now be measured with great precision, but …

Long‐term Earth‐Moon evolution with high‐level orbit and ocean tide models

H Daher, BK Arbic, JG Williams… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Tides and Earth‐Moon system evolution are coupled over geological time. Tidal
energy dissipation on Earth slows rotation rate, increases obliquity, lunar orbit semi‐major …

Tidal response of Mars constrained from laboratory‐based viscoelastic dissipation models and geophysical data

A Bagheri, A Khan, D Al‐Attar… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We employ laboratory‐based grain size‐and temperature‐sensitive rheological models to
describe the viscoelastic behavior and tidal response of terrestrial bodies with focus on …

Frequency dependent mantle viscoelasticity via the complex viscosity: Cases from Antarctica

HCP Lau, J Austermann, BK Holtzman… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) often use paleoshorelines and present‐day
deformation to constrain the viscosity of the mantle and the thickness of the elastic …

Anelasticity from seismic to tidal timescales: Theory and observations

HCP Lau, UH Faul - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
We examine strain energy dissipation of Earth's normal modes and body tides in order to
compare these observations with predictions from an experimental model of intrinsic …

“Measures of dissipation in viscoelastic media” extended: Toward continuous characterization across very broad geophysical time scales

HCP Lau, BK Holtzman - Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a conceptual/quantitative framework whereby measurements of Earth's
viscoelasticity may be assessed across the broad range of geophysical processes, spanning …

Anelasticity and lateral heterogeneities in Earth's upper mantle: Impact on surface displacements, self‐attraction and loading, and ocean tide dynamics

P Huang, RL Sulzbach, Y Tanaka… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Surface displacement and self‐attraction and loading (SAL) elevation induced by ocean
tides are known to be affected by material properties of the solid Earth. Recent studies have …

Surface loading on a self-gravitating, linear viscoelastic Earth: moving beyond Maxwell

HCP Lau - Geophysical Journal International, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Constitutive laws are a necessary ingredient in calculations of glacial isostatic adjustment
(GIA) or other surface loading problems (eg loading by ocean tides). An idealized …

Sensitivity kernels for body tides on laterally heterogeneous planets based on adjoint methods

HCP Lau, D Al-Attar - Geophysical Journal International, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We apply the adjoint method to efficiently calculate the linearized sensitivity of body tide
observations to perturbations in density, elastic/anelastic moduli and boundary topography …