Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
We propose that the approx. 100-k.y. cycle seen in terrestrial glaciation is due to changes in meteor flux that come from changes in the Earth's orbit. This model can explain a 70-k.y. 'anomalous' period in climate data and the apparent discrepancy between present extraterrestrial fluxes and those in oceanic sediments. It can be tested by measuring Ir densities in sediments and ice during glacials and interglacials.
Keywords:
ASTROPHYSICS
Type:
Houston Univ., New Developments Regarding the KT Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History; p 85-86
Format:
application/pdf