Oscillators and relaxation phenomena in Pleistocene climate theory

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1962, 2012, Pages 1140-1165

  Crucifix, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dansgaard Oeschger events; Dynamical systems; Ice ages; Limit cycle; Palaeoclimates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ASTRONOMICAL FORCING; BIFURCATION STRUCTURES; CLIMATE THEORY; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GLACIAL CYCLES; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; HEINRICH EVENTS; HOMOCLINIC ORBITS; ICE AGE; ICE SHEET; INTERNAL CLIMATE; LIMIT CYCLE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATES; PHASE DISPERSION; PLEISTOCENE; RELAXATION PHENOMENA; SIMPLE STOCHASTIC; SLOW-FAST DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC FLUCTUATION; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84857349629     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0315     Document Type: Review

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