Dave asked;

"What's the story?"

Unfortunately, at the time there was not anything online, which
I could link to. A online version of their Science paper can now
be obtained online from [ocean.mit.edu] .

Their abstract concludes:

"The simplest inference, consistent with
the observations, is that ice-sheets
terminate every second (80ky) or third
(120ky) obliquity cycle—at times of high
obliquity—and similar to the original
Milankovitch assumption12. Simple stochastic
and deterministic models are presented which
describe the timing of the 100ky cycles
of the late Pleistocene glacial terminations
purely in terms of obliquity forcing"

From their analysis, Milankovitch can explain
glacial-interglacial cycles.

Another view can be found in:

Ashkenazy, Y., and Tziperman, E., 2004, Are the 41kyr
glacial oscillations a linear response to Milankovitch
forcing? Quaternary Science Reviews. vol. 23, pp. 1879-1890

A PDF version of this paper can be found at [www.deas.harvard.edu] .

Best Regards,

Paul
Baton Rouge, LA



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