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Science 19 December 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3912, pp. 1503 - 1504
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3912.1503
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Interglacial High Sea Levels and the Control of Greenland Ice by the Precession of the Equinoxes

C. Emiliani 1

1 School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149

The precession of the equinoxes appears to control the occurrence of high sea levels by partial or even total melting of the Greenland ice cap during interglacial ages.


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