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Late Pleistocene chronology and the glacial–interglacial cycle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. Evans
P. Evans
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30 Meadway, Berkhamsted, Herts.
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Summary

Alternative time-scales differing by 25% have been proposed for the climatic sequence revealed by deep-sea cores. Both scales are based on radiometric data. Recent evidence which is here summarized favours the time-scale which gives the smaller values for the ages of late Pleistocene events; it supports the estimate of 40 ka rather than 50 ka for the average length of the principal climatic cycle.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 5 , September 1974 , pp. 421 - 430
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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