Glaciation-induced variations in the Earth's precession frequency, obliquity and insolation over the last 2.6 Ma

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-284

  Mitrovica, J X ^a   Forte, A M ^b   Pan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Obliquity; Pliocene pleistocene glaciation; Precession; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; OBLIQUITY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRECESSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030746020     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01554.x     Document Type: Article

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