High Resolution Marine Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records:Archives of Orbital Oscillations (Milankovitch Cyclicity) in Climate

High Resolution Marine Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records: Archives of Orbital Oscillations (Milankovitch Cyclicity) in Climate
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Audience: Grades 9-12 and Undergraduate

National Science Education Content Standards:
Standard D: Earth and Space Science
Standard B: Physical Science

Keywords: climate change, Milankovitch cyclicity, insolation, eccentricity, obliquity, precession, oxygen isotopes



Description

Learn about climate cycles controlled by the orbit of the Earth, called Milankovitch cycles. These cycles affect climate on scales of approximately 20,000 to 100,000 years.

Supplemental Resources

Inquiry into High-Resolution Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records: Archives of Suborbital (Millennial) Oscillations in Climate
Secrets of the Sediments

Credits
Written by Dr. Mark Leckie and Dr. Kristen St. John for the School of Rock Expedition 2005.

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