Re: Earth's Axial Tilt (posted for R. Plotneick)

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From: "Roy E. Plotnick" <plotnick@Plotnick.geol.uic.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 14:21:05 -0600
To: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Earth's Axial Tilt (posted for T. Hansen)
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There has been quite a bit of speculation  on this score; I remember seeing
a GSA section meeting talk about this some time back.  A discussion of
historical changes of earth's orbital elements can be found in
Schwarzacher, W. 1993. Cyclostratigraphy and the Milnakovitch Theory.
Elsevier.

-Roy

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