Holocene Millennial-Scale Solar Variability and the Climatic Responses on Earth
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Existence of the Millennial Cycle
3.2. Cross Correlations at Millennial Cycle
3.3. Solar Oscillations and Climatic Responses at Millennial Scale
4. Conclusions and Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site Name | Temperature | Latitude (°) | Longitude (°) | Elevation (m) | Time Resolution (yr) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agassiz-Renland | T1 | 71.2/81.0 | −26.7/−71.0 | 1730/2350 | 20 |
Tsuolbmajavri Lake | T2 | 68.7 | 22.1 | 526 | 67 |
RAPID-12-1k | T3 | 62.1 | −17.8 | −1938 | 95 |
OCE326-GGC30 | T4 | 44.0 | −63.0 | −250 | 79 |
MD98-2181 | T5 | 6.3 | 125.8 | −2114 | 47 |
ODP-1084B | T6 | −25.5 | 13.0 | −1992 | 117 |
TN057-17 | T7 | −50.0 | 6.0 | −3700 | 43 |
Homestead Scarp | T8 | −52.5 | 169.1 | 30 | 60 |
Dome C | T9 | −75.1 | 123.4 | 3260 | 18 |
Vostok | T10 | −78.5 | 108.0 | 3500 | 41 |
T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | T7 | T8 | T9 | T10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CC | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.93 | 0.67 | 0.63 | −0.11 | −0.25 | −0.33 | 0.36 | −0.74 |
p | 0.27 | >0.3 | <0.001 | 0.17 | 0.21 | >0.3 | >0.3 | >0.3 | >0.3 | 0.11 |
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Zhao X, Soon W, Velasco Herrera VM. Holocene Millennial-Scale Solar Variability and the Climatic Responses on Earth. Universe. 2021; 7(2):36. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe7020036
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Xinhua, Willie Soon, and Victor M. Velasco Herrera. 2021. "Holocene Millennial-Scale Solar Variability and the Climatic Responses on Earth" Universe 7, no. 2: 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe7020036