Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-04-19
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307, 94-102 (2011)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
25 pages, 10 figures, supplementary video attached, to be published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.018
We present a phase-space model that simulates Pleistocene ice volume changes based on Earth's orbital parameters. Terminations in the model are triggered by a combination of ice volume and orbital forcing and agree well with age estimates for Late Pleistocene terminations. The average phase at which model terminations begin is approximately 90 +/- 90 degrees before the maxima in all three orbital cycles. The large variability in phase is likely caused by interactions between the three cycles and ice volume. Unlike previous ice volume models, this model produces an orbitally driven increase in 100-kyr power during the mid-Pleistocene transition without any change in model parameters. This supports the hypothesis that Pleistocene variations in the 100-kyr power of glacial cycles could be caused, at least in part, by changes in Earth's orbital parameters, such as amplitude modulation of the 100-kyr eccentricity cycle, rather than changes within the climate system.
Imbrie John Z.
Imbrie-Moore Annabel
Lisiecki Lorraine E.
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