Causes, evolution, and dynamics of ice ages in the last 3 million years

• Main Author: Liautaud, Parker
• Other Authors: Huybers, Peter, Schrag, Daniel, Hodell, David, Mitrovica, Jerry
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: bayesian; co2; glacial cycle; ice age; orbital forcing; Climate change; Geochemistry; Paleoclimate science; Allan Hills; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37371116

This thesis concerns the response of global climate to variations in Earth’s orbital configuration and atmospheric CO2 levels since major Northern Hemisphere ice sheets appeared three million years ago. A first chapter focuses on determinants of climate variability in the late Pliocene and early Ple...