A simple rule to determine which insolation cycles lead to interglacials

Nature

Volumn 542, Issue 7642, 2017, Pages 427-432

  Tzedakis, P C ^a   Crucifix, M ^b   Mitsui, T ^b   Wolff, E W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEGLACIATION; ENERGY; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUATERNARY (PERIOD); SEA ICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 85016156301     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature21364     Document Type: Article

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