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    Milankovitch cycles describe the collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years. The term was coined and...
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  • Earth's axis and shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun (see Milankovitch cycles). These orbital changes modify the total amount of sunlight reaching...
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    the position of the Earth in comparison to the Sun, now known as Milankovitch cycles. This partly explained the ice ages occurring in the geological past...
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    studies of the Milankovitch cycles during supercontinent time periods have focused on the mid-Cretaceous. Present amplitudes of Milankovitch cycles over present-day...
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  • Mesoamerican calendars – Metonic cycleMilankovitch cycles – Mira – Moon – Nutation – Orbit – Orbital period – Saros cycle – Sothic cycle – Secularity – Sidereal...
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  • was probably a result of predictable changes in the Earth's orbit (Milankovitch cycles) and a continuation of changes that caused the end of the last glacial...
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    climate changes. The main factor at work in climate cycling is now believed to be Milankovitch cycles. These are periodic variations in regional and planetary...
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    confused with shorter term cycles of glacials and interglacials that are driven by astronomical forcing caused by Milankovitch cycles. According to Eyles and...
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    irregularities in Earth's orbit could cause the climatic cycles now known as Milankovitch cycles. They are the result of the additive behavior of several...
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    cyclic growth and decay of continental ice sheets related to the Milankovitch cycles and the associated climate and environmental changes that they caused...
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    parallel north Equator Tropic of Capricorn Antarctic Circle Axial tilt Milankovitch cycles "Obliquity of the Ecliptic and Arctic Circle Calculator". Retrieved...
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  • supporting this hypothesis of regular oceanic anoxic events governed by Milankovitch cycles. The MCE took place approximately 2.4 million years before the Cenomanian-Turonian...
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    is also based on cycles of 19 solar years. A Small Maḥzor (Hebrew מחזור, pronounced [maχˈzor], meaning "cycle") is a 19-year cycle in the lunisolar calendar...
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    Wuchiapingian has a numerical age of 259.8 ± 0.4 Ma. Evidence from Milankovitch cycles suggests that the length of an Earth day during this epoch was approximately...
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    rotation, and precession of Earth's axis. Combined, these produce Milankovitch cycles which affect climate and are notable for their correlation to glacial...
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  • Serbian war commander 1605 Milankovitch, an asteroid Milankovič (lunar crater) Milankovič (Martian crater) Milankovitch cycles, periodic changes in the...
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    23rd parallel south 24th parallel south Antarctic Circle Axial tilt Milankovitch cycles Capricornus The Cook Islands, Tokelau and Niue, which are part of...
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  • by the Serbian geophysicist Milutin Milanković and now known as Milankovitch cycles, include the axial tilt of Earth, the orbital eccentricity (or shape...
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    Calendar (redirect from Time cycles)
    their effect on cycles of religious activity. A full calendar system has a different calendar date for every day. Thus the week cycle is by itself not...
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    traditional calendar calendars used the sexagenary cycle-based ganzhi system's mathematically repeating cycles of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.[citation...
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    :  202  The Sothic cycle is a specific example of two cycles of differing length interacting to cycle together, here called a tertiary cycle. This is mathematically...
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    seasons and is likely a factor in long-term climatic change (also see Milankovitch cycles). The exact angular value of the obliquity is found by observation...
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    anomalistic and tropical cycle is important in the long-term climate variations on Earth, called the Milankovitch cycles. Milankovitch cycles are central to understanding...
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    astronomically forced climate cycles within sedimentary successions. Astronomical cycles (also known as Milankovitch cycles) are variations of the Earth's...
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    Ice age (redirect from Glacial cycle)
    inland ice areas. The Milankovitch cycles are a set of cyclic variations in characteristics of Earth's orbit around the Sun. Each cycle has a different length...
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    diagenetic fluids of contrasting composition are mixed as a response to Milankovitch cycles. A recent biotic synthetic experiment claims to have precipitated...
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    and other orbital factors, which follow cyclical patterns known as Milankovitch cycles. In the short term, such dates can vary up to 2 days from one year...
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  • Glacials and interglacials refer to the 100,000-year cycles associated with Milankovitch cycles, and stadials and interstadials are defined by the actual...
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    100,000-year problem (also 100 ky problem or 100 ka problem) of the Milankovitch theory of orbital forcing refers to a discrepancy between the reconstructed...
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    years, the glacial-interglacial cycles have been "paced" by periodic variations in the Earth's orbit via Milankovitch cycles. The LGP has been intensively...
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