Tropical ice core records: Evidence for asynchronous glaciation on Milankovitch timescales

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 723-733

  Thompson, Lonnie G ^a,b   Davis, Mary E ^b   Mosley Thompson, Ellen ^a,b   Lin, Ping Nan ^b   Henderson, Keith A ^b   Mashiotta, Tracy A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Insolation; Interhemispheric synchroneity; Orbital forcing

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; ICE CORE; INSOLATION; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; ORBITAL FORCING; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 29744436873     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.972     Document Type: Article

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