Glacial cycles and astronomical forcing

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5323, 1997, Pages 215-218

  Muller, Richard A ^a   MacDonald, Gordon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL FORCING; GLACIAL CYCLE; INCLINATION; ORBITAL PLANE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; WARMING; WEATHER;

EID: 0030840447     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5323.215     Document Type: Article

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