True Polar Wander on Dynamic Planets: Approximative Methods Versus Full Solution

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006948" target="_blank" >10.1029/2021JE006948</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

True Polar Wander on Dynamic Planets: Approximative Methods Versus Full Solution

Original language description

Almost three decades ago, the problem of long-term polar wander on a dynamic planet was formulated and simplified within the framework of normal mode theory. The underlying simplifications have been debated ever since, recently in a series of papers by Hu et al. (2017a, , 2017b, , 2019, ), who clarify the role of neglecting short-term relaxation modes of the body. However, the authors still do not solve the governing equations in full, because they make approximations to the Liouville equation (LE). In this paper, I use a time domain approach and, for previously studied test loads, both the planet&apos;s relaxation and the LE are solved in full. In order to analyze the existing LE approximations, I compute the energy balance of true polar wander (TPW). For fast rotating bodies such as Earth, the rotation axis becomes aligned with the main inertia axis (omega||MIA) once free oscillations are damped. The omega||MIA assumption is re-derived theoretically-contrary to previous beliefs, I demonstrate that it is not necessarily linked to the quasi-fluid limit of the viscoelastic response to loading and rotation, but that it is an expression of neglecting the Coriolis and Euler forces from the equation of motion. It is thus important to distinguish between simplifying the LE and simplifying the planet&apos;s response to forcing. For slow rotators such as Venus, the full LE together with energy analysis indicate that previous estimates of TPW rate need to be revisited. The numerical code LIOUSHELL is released on GitHub.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10500 - Earth and related environmental sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets

ISSN

2169-9097

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

126

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

e2021JE006948

UT code for WoS article

000735886200005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85121733045