Tidal friction and the earth's rotation II : proceedings of a workshop held at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) of the University of Bielefeld, September 28 - October 3, 1981

In the four years which elapsed between our first workshop on .Tidal Friction and the Earth's Rotation and the second, the proceedings of which are presented here, many of the disciplines involved made ad­ vances which we felt should be exchanged. We were encouraged by the good reception our first report met with. Of course, more insight often means more problems. Therefore, this volume contains new results and revisions of matters which previously appeared settled. We are certainly far from "final answers". For this reason, differing opinions on some issues are to be found in this book. Moreover, we have refrained from making mathematical symbols uniform to avoid the risk of errors and non-compatibility with the earlier work of an author. The two workshops have stimulated collaboration between participants working in various fields. The final versions of the contributions have already profited from these discussions. We are convinced that they will also influence further investigations. This advancement of our past and future aims is based on the very existence of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies and on the support we have received from its leading members. The authors have agreed to dedicate this book to Dr. H. Gerstenkorn, who died in 1981. He contributed fundamental ideas to the scientific fields treated in the meeting. P. Brosche Daun, September 1982 J. Slindermann Contents \* Julius Robert Mayer's Ideas on a Theory of Tidal Friction H.P. Miinzenmayer ...•••.•••..••.•..•...••..•...•.•••.••••....•.. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Julius Robert Mayer’s Ideas on a Theory of Tidal Friction....Pages 1-3 Tidal Friction Parameters from Satellite Observations....Pages 4-18 On Some Topical Problems of the Dynamics of the Earth-Moon System....Pages 19-28 History of the Earth’s Rotation Since 700 B. C.....Pages 29-50 Deceleration of the Earth’s Rotation from Old Solar Observations....Pages 51-66 Long Time Integration of the Moon’s Orbit....Pages 67-91 The Earth’s Non-Uniform Rotation....Pages 92-97 The Rotation and the Magnetic Field of the Earth....Pages 98-116 Gravitational Heating of Jovian Satellites by Tidal Friction....Pages 117-121 Balance Problems in Tidal Computations....Pages 122-164 The Resonance Behaviour of the World Ocean....Pages 165-174 Tidal Friction for Times Around the Presence....Pages 175-189 Paleotides Before the Permian....Pages 190-209 On the Reduction in Tidal Dissipation Produced by Increases in the Earth’s Rotation Rate and Its Effect on the Long-Term History of the Moon’s Orbit....Pages 210-221 A Note on the Variability of Growth Increment Formation in the Shell of the Common Cockle Cerastoderma edule ....Pages 222-228 Paleogeography and Paleobathymetry: Quantitative Reconstructions of Ocean Basins....Pages 229-239 Mesozoic and Cenozoic Paleogeographic Maps....Pages 240-252 Movements of the Continental Crust and Lithosphere-Aesthenosphere Systems in Precambrian Times....Pages 253-321 Chemical and Isotopic Evidence for the Early History of the Earth-Moon System....Pages 322-344 Concluding Remarks....Pages 345-345 In the four years which elapsed between our first workshop on .Tidal Friction and the Earth's Rotation and the second, the proceedings of which are presented here, many of the disciplines involved made adƯ vances which we felt should be exchanged. We were encouraged by the good reception our first report met with. Of course, more insight often means more problems. Therefore, this volume contains new results and revisions of matters which previously appeared settled. We are certainly far from "final answers". For this reason, differing opinions on some issues are to be found in this book. Moreover, we have refrained from making mathematical symbols uniform to avoid the risk of errors and non-compatibility with the earlier work of an author. The two workshops have stimulated collaboration between participants working in various fields. The final versions of the contributions have already profited from these discussions. We are convinced that they will also influence further investigations. This advancement of our past and future aims is based on the very existence of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies and on the support we have received from its leading members. The authors have agreed to dedicate this book to Dr. H. Gerstenkorn, who died in 1981. He contributed fundamental ideas to the scientific fields treated in the meeting. P. Brosche Daun, September 1982 J. Slindermann Contents * Julius Robert Mayer's Ideas on a Theory of Tidal Friction H.P. Miinzenmayer ..." " " " ." ." ." .." .." .." " " " " ..."