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Do slow orbital periodicities appear in the record of earth's magnetic reversals?Time-series spectral analysis has been performed on the dates of geomagnetic reversals of the last 20 Myr BP and earlier. Possible evidence is found from the presence of high spectral peaks for two very long periodicities, 0.4 Myr and 1.3 Myr, that may be associated with slow variations of the earth's orbital eccentricity as predicted by Berger. However, statistical significance tests and a number of other arguments do not confirm the two detections.
Document ID
19880031728
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Stothers, Richard B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 14
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
88A18955
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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