Milankovitch cycles

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomical theory
gptkbp:affects Earth's climate
gptkbp:component eccentricity
precession
obliquity
gptkbp:describes long-term changes in Earth's orbit and orientation
gptkbp:explains ice age cycles
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
climatology
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1920s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Milankovitch cycles
gptkbp:influenced glacial and interglacial periods
solar radiation distribution on Earth
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Milutin_Milanković
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Milutin_Milanković
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Earth's_axial_precession
Earth's axial tilt
Earth's orbital shape
gptkbp:timescale tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years
gptkbp:usedIn climate modeling
paleoclimatology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hays,_Imbrie_&_Shackleton_(1976)_Science_paper
gptkb:Milutin_Milanković
gptkb:Quaternary_glaciation
gptkb:Last_Glacial_Period
gptkb:Cenozoic_glaciation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7