Earth’s Rotation from Eons to Days

Earth’s Rotation Measured by VLBI.- Relativity and the Earth’s Rotation.- Astrometric Observations of Hevelius and Derived Values of ?T (Dynamical Time — Universal Time).- Historical Chinese Astronomical Observations.- Application of Early Chinese Records of Lunar Occultations and Close Approaches.- Ancient Central Eclipse Records of China and Variation of the Earth’s Rotation.- Ancient Eclipse Records of East Asia and the Earth’s Rotation.- Tidal Acceleration of the Moon.- The Variation in J2 and in the Moments of Inertia: Satellite Results and Consequences for the Angular Momentum Budget of the Earth-Moon-Sun System.- Celestial Mechanics of Present Tidal Friction.- The Consideration of Solid Earth Effects in Ocean Tide Modeling.- Variations of the Angular Momentum Budget for Tides of the Present Ocean.- The Pole Tide and the Damping of the Earth’s Free Nutation.- The Seasonal Angular Momentum of the Thermohaline Ocean Circulation.- Atmospheric Effects on the Earth’s Rotation.- The Solar Torque — A Leak for the Angular Momentum of the Earth-Moon System.- Tectonic Consequences of the Earth’s Variable Rotation on Geological Time Scales.- Secular Variations of the Earth’s Moment of Inertia and Related Quantities.- Global Consequences of the Tidal Secular Deceleration for the Solid Earth and its Fluid Core.- Astronomical Frequencies in Paleoclimatic Data and the Dynamical Ellipticity of the Earth.- Quaternary Sea-Level Changes in the North Sea, an Analysis of Amplitudes and Velocities.- Tidal Rhythms in the Shell Secretion of Living Bivalves.- Implications of Some Recent Sedimentological Studies to the History of the Earth-Moon System.- Continental Configurations and Mantle Reference Frames over Geological Time.