Calibrating the Late Ordovician glaciation and mass extinction by the eccentricity cycles of Earth's orbit

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 967-970

  Sutcliffe, O E ^a   Dowdeswell, J A ^a   Whittington, R J ^a   Theron, J N ^a   Craig, J ^a  

^a Lasmo Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eccentricity; Glaciation; Late Ordovician; Mass extinction

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; ORBITS;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ECCENTRICITY; ECCENTRICITY CYCLE; GLACIATION; ICE-SHEET GROWTH; LATE ORDOVICIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ECCENTRICITY; EXTINCTION; GLACIATION; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 84879887789     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<967:CTLOGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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