Modulation of ice ages via precession and dust-albedo feedbacks

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 891-909

  Ellis, Ralph ^a   Palmer, Michael ^b  

^a 105 6817 Route Pommier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albedo; CO2; Dust; Ice age; Paleoclimatology; Precession

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DUST; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECESSION;

EID: 84979653161     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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