Interglacials of the Quaternary defined by northern hemispheric land ice distribution outside of Greenland

This study presents a new definition of interglacials during the Quaternary. The authors find the appearance of interglacials is in general following the 41-kyr cycle of obliquity with various exceptions, suggesting a more complex physical mechanism triggering glacial terminations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter Köhler, Roderik S. W. van de Wal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18897-5