.沉积旋回与相分析.pptVIP

Teaching Material Chapter 8 Milankovitch Cycles and Sedimentary Cycles Milankovitch Cycles Definition: Cycles in the Earths orbit that influence the amount of solar radiation striking different parts of the Earth at different times of year. Named after a Serbian mathematician, Milutin Milankovitch, who explained how these orbital cycles cause the advance and retreat of the polar ice caps (1941). Adhemar (1842) and Croll (1875) were two of the earliest to link orbital cycles to climate. Milankovitch Cycles Earths orbital variations Eccentricity Cycle (100 kyr) Obliquity Cycle (黄赤交角) Precessio