Evaluation of the Plio-Pleistocene astronomical timescale

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-413

  Lourens, L J ^a   Antonarakou, A ^b   Hilgen, F J ^a   Van Hoof, A A M ^a   Vergnaud Grazzini, C ^c   Zachariasse, W J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Lab of Oceanography and Climatology   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL CALIBRATION; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 0030450677     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA01125     Document Type: Article

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