The mid-pleistocene climate transition: Onset of 100 ka cycle lags ice volume build-up by 280 ka

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-123

  Mudelsee, Manfred ^a   Schulz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Glaciation; Marine sediments; Models; O 18 O 16; Pleistocene; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000362180     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00114-3     Document Type: Article

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