How long will the “precession epoch” last in terms of Pleistocene glacial cycles?

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Bol'shakov V A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Annual insolation variations; Milankovitch theory; Paleoclimate; Pleistocene glacial terminations

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549101809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16811208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2205/2008ES000299     Document Type: Article

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