Annotation
It is shown that the mechanism of subduction and accumulation of the masses of oceanic platforms leads to a slow decrease of the Earth's mean radius at a rate of $\sim\:$0.35 mm/year.
© 2016 Publisher M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
Authors
Yu.V. Barkin
Sternberg State Institute of Astronomy, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
Sternberg State Institute of Astronomy, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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