A phase-space model for Pleistocene ice volume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 94-102

  Imbrie, John Z ^a,b   Imbrie Moore, Annabel ^c   Lisiecki, Lorraine E ^d  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c St Andrew's School   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate model; Eccentricity; Glacial cycles; Mid Pleistocene transition; Orbital forcing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SYSTEM; ECCENTRICITY; ECCENTRICITY CYCLE; GLACIAL CYCLES; ICE VOLUMES; IN-PHASE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MID-PLEISTOCENE TRANSITION; MODEL PARAMETERS; ORBITAL FORCING; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; PHASE SPACES; PLEISTOCENE;

CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ECCENTRICITY; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 79957941086     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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