Sökning: "orbital forcing"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden orbital forcing.
1. Climate influenced deposition on a low latitude Sheinwoodian carbonate ramp, Gotland, Sweden
Sammanfattning : The Sheinwoodian succession of Gotland comprises the Högklint, Tofta and Hangvar Formations and most of the Slite Group. The succession consists of hierarchically ordered shallow marine depositional cycles, produced by orbitally forced climate changes. LÄS MER
2. Late Miocene to Pliocene orbital and climatic forcing on marine productivity
Sammanfattning : The late Miocene to Pliocene was a geological time interval of global cooling, albeit in a warmer-than-present world, which is commonly used as a past analogue for future anthropogenic climate change. The investigation of marine sediments recovered by the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) sheds light on different paleoclimatic, paleoceanographic and paleobiological characteristics of this period. LÄS MER
3. Understanding West African Monsoon Variability : Insights from Paleoclimate Modelling of Past Warm Climates
Sammanfattning : The Sahel, a water-vulnerable region in West Africa, relies heavily on rainfed agriculture. The region experienced pronounced droughts during the 20th Century, emphasising the socio-economic importance of understanding the drivers of the rainfall variability. LÄS MER
4. Studies of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover and hydrothermal heat fluxes
Sammanfattning : Since reliable ice extent estimates from satellite data became available in 1979 the Arctic sea ice cover has followed a declining long term trend. Over the last decade the decline has accelerated with record low sea ice extents recorded in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2012. LÄS MER
5. On the Late Saalian glaciation : A climate modeling study
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the glaciation of the Late Saalian period (160 -140 ka) over Eurasia. The Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North (QUEEN) project determined that during this period, the Eurasian ice sheet was substantially larger than during the entire Weichselian cycle and especially that of the Last Glacial Maximum (21 ka, LGM). LÄS MER