Late Precambrian paradoxical glaciation and obliquity of the Earth - a discussion of dynamical constraints

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 155-171

  Pais, M A ^a   Le Mouel J L ^a   Lambeck, K ^b   Poirier, J P ^a  

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

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Obliquity of the ecliptic; Paleoclimatology; Precession; Rotation

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH ROTATION; GLACIATION; OBLIQUITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECAMBRIAN; PRECESSION;

EID: 0033490252     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00249-6     Document Type: Article

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