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North American ice-sheet dynamics and the onset of 100,000-year glacial cycles
- Source :
- Nature. August 14, 2008, Vol. 454 Issue 7206, p869, 4 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The onset of major glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere about 2.7 million years ago (1) was most probably induced by climate cooling during the late Pliocene epoch (2,3). These glaciations, [...]
- Subjects :
- Research
Glaciation -- Research
Climate cycles -- Research
Ice sheets -- Research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836
- Volume :
- 454
- Issue :
- 7206
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.188943222