An alternative astronomical calibration of the lower Pleistocene timescale based on ODP Site 677

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 251-261

  Shackleton, N J ^a   Berger, A ^b   Peltier, W R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

astronomical chronology; magnetostratigraphy; Milankovitch; oxygen isotopes; Pleistocene timescale; SPECMAP

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL CALIBRATION; FORAMINIFERA; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MILANKOVITCH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE (LOWER); SPECMAP; TIMESCALE;

PACIFIC, ODP SITE 677;

EID: 0025680710     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300020782     Document Type: Article

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