An outsider's review of the astronomical theory of the climate: Is the eccentricity-driven insolation the main driver of the ice ages?

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 161-177

  Elkibbi, Maya ^a   Rial, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Earth's orbital parameters; Eccentricity; Glaciation; Milankovitch theory; Models; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ECCENTRICITY; ICE SHEET; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0035668418     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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