The Origin of The Semi-Precession Cycle in The Tropical Atlantic: A Pilot Study of the Application of Bispectral Techniques

University Of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA

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Abstract

This project is a pilot study to test the idea that sub-Milankovitch variability results from non-linear response of the climate system to periodic Milankovitch-band forcing. In other words the hypothesis is that non-linear response of the climate system transfers Milankovitch-band forcing to a different frequency. The hypothesis will be tested by performing bispectral analyses on a record of faunal variation and a benthic carbon isotope record from 0 - 1 Ma obtained from ODP Site 927.