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Earth Structure: The Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM) 1. Earth Physics October 14/19, 2010. 1 Dziewonski and Anderson, 1981. Travel-time curves. Earthquake travel-time curves are consistent with a structural model of the mechanical properties of the Earth's interior.
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Earth Structure: The Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM)1 Earth Physics October 14/19, 2010 1Dziewonski and Anderson, 1981
Travel-time curves Earthquake travel-time curves are consistent with a structural model of the mechanical properties of the Earth's interior
Determining Earth's moment of inertia The precession of Earth's obliquity determines its moment of inertia