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QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
Volume 23, Issue 9-10, Pages 1001-1012Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.02.014
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A number of records commonly described as showing control of climate change by Milankovitch insolation forcing are reexamined. The fraction of the record variance attributable to orbital changes never exceeds 20%. 1 it no case, including a tuned core, do these forcing bands explain the overall behavior of the records. At zero order, all records are consistent with stochastic models of varying complexity with a small superimposed Milankovitch response, mainly in the obliquity band. Evidence cited to support the hypothesis that the 100 Ka glacial/interglacial cycles are controlled by the quasi-periodic insolation forcing is likely indistinguishable from chance. given the small sample size and near-integer ratios of 100 Ka to the precessional periods. At the least, the stochastic background noise is likely to be of importance. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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