On the dynamics of the ice ages: Stage-11 paradox, mid-brunhes climate shift, and 100-ky cycle

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 137, Issue , 2003, Pages 41-59

  Berger, W H ^a   Wefer, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84978781157     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/137GM04     Document Type: Chapter

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