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1. Tidal Strain

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   Tidal strain energy is dissipated primarily through friction, particularly within the oceans as they flow over the irregular seabed and through the viscoelastic deformation of the solid Earth. This dissipation causes a measurable time delay, known as the tidal lag, between the Moon's transit and the time of maximum oceanic tidal bulge. This lag is conventionally quantified using the $\kappa$ parameter, the "Krylov Coefficient of Viscous Drag" [3].
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