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NATURE
卷 542, 期 7642, 页码 468-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature21402
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- NSF [EAR-1151438, EAR-0959108]
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1151438] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Variations in the Earth's orbit and spin vector are a primary control on insolation and climate; their recognition in the geological record has revolutionized our understanding of palaeoclimate dynamics(1), and has catalysed improvements in the accuracy and precision of the geological timescale(2). Yet the secular evolution of the planetary orbits beyond 50 million years ago remains highly uncertain, and the chaotic dynamical nature of the Solar System predicted by theoretical models has yet to be rigorously confirmed by well constrained (radioisotopically calibrated and anchored) geological data(2-4). Here we present geological evidence for a chaotic resonance transition associated with interactions between the orbits of Mars and the Earth, using an integrated radioisotopic and astronomical timescale from the Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of what is now North America(5). This analysis confirms the predicted chaotic dynamical behaviour of the Solar System, and provides a constraint for refining numerical solutions for insolation, which will enable a more precise and accurate geological timescale to be produced.
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