We have gathered here all the references for the data that are plotted in the AstroGeo22 tools pages. This list will be updated as new datasets are included.
2022
Graaff, Sietze J.; Percival, Lawrence M. E.; Kaskes, Pim; Déhais, Thomas; Winter, Niels J.; Jansen, Max N.; Smit, Jan; Sinnesael, Matthias; Vellekoop, Johan; Sato, Honami; Ishikawa, Akira; Spassov, Simo; Claeys, Philippe; Goderis, Steven
Geochemical records of the end-Triassic Crisis preserved in a deep marine section of the Budva Basin, Dinarides, Montenegro. Journal Article
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 606, pp. 111250, 2022, ISSN: 00310182{note}.
@article{GraaffPercival2022a,
title = {Geochemical records of the end-Triassic Crisis preserved in a deep marine section of the Budva Basin, Dinarides, Montenegro.},
author = {Sietze J. Graaff and Lawrence M. E. Percival and Pim Kaskes and Thomas Déhais and Niels J. Winter and Max N. Jansen and Jan Smit and Matthias Sinnesael and Johan Vellekoop and Honami Sato and Akira Ishikawa and Simo Spassov and Philippe Claeys and Steven Goderis},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018222004205},
doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111250},
issn = {00310182},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-11-01},
urldate = {2022-11-01},
journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology},
volume = {606},
pages = {111250},
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Lantink, Margriet L.; Davies, Joshua H. F. L.; Ovtcharova, Maria; Hilgen, Frederik J.
Milankovitch cycles in banded iron formations constrain the Earth--Moon system 2.46 billion years ago Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 119, no. 40, pp. e2117146119, 2022, ISSN: 0027-8424, 1091-6490{note}.
@article{LantinkDavies2022a,
title = {Milankovitch cycles in banded iron formations constrain the Earth--Moon system 2.46 billion years ago},
author = {Margriet L. Lantink and Joshua H. F. L. Davies and Maria Ovtcharova and Frederik J. Hilgen},
url = {https://pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2117146119},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.2117146119},
issn = {0027-8424, 1091-6490},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-10-01},
urldate = {2022-10-01},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
volume = {119},
number = {40},
pages = {e2117146119},
abstract = {The long-term history of the Earth--Moon system as reconstructed from the geological record remains unclear when based on fossil growth bands and tidal laminations. A possibly more robust method is provided by the sedimentary record of Milankovitch cycles (climatic precession, obliquity, and orbital eccentricity), whose relative ratios in periodicity change over time as a function of a decreasing Earth spin rate and increasing lunar distance. However, for the critical older portion of Earth's history where information on Earth--Moon dynamics is sparse, suitable sedimentary successions in which these cycles are recorded remain largely unknown, leaving this method unexplored. Here we present results of cyclostratigraphic analysis and high-precision U--Pb zircon dating of the lower Paleoproterozoic Joffre Member of the Brockman Iron Formation, NW Australia, providing evidence for Milankovitch forcing of regular lithological alternations related to Earth's climatic precession and orbital eccentricity cycles. Combining visual and statistical tools to determine their hierarchical relation, we estimate an astronomical precession frequency of 108.6 $pm$ 8.5 arcsec/y, corresponding to an Earth--Moon distance of 321,800 $pm$ 6,500 km and a daylength of 16.9 $pm$ 0.2 h at 2.46 Ga. With this robust cyclostratigraphic approach, we extend the oldest reliable datum for the lunar recession history by more than 1 billion years and provide a critical reference point for future modeling and geological investigation of Precambrian Earth--Moon system evolution.},
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Zhou, Maoyang; Wu, Huaichun; Hinnov, Linda A.; Fang, Qiang; Zhang, Shihong; Yang, Tianshui; Shi, Meinan
Empirical Reconstruction of Earth‐Moon and Solar System Dynamical Parameters for the Past 2.5 Billion Years From Cyclostratigraphy Journal Article
In: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, no. 16, 2022, ISSN: 0094-8276, 1944-8007{note}.
@article{ZhouWu2022a,
title = {Empirical Reconstruction of Earth‐Moon and Solar System Dynamical Parameters for the Past 2.5 Billion Years From Cyclostratigraphy},
author = {Maoyang Zhou and Huaichun Wu and Linda A. Hinnov and Qiang Fang and Shihong Zhang and Tianshui Yang and Meinan Shi},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL098304},
doi = {10.1029/2022GL098304},
issn = {0094-8276, 1944-8007},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
volume = {49},
number = {16},
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Vancoppenolle, Iris; Vellekoop, Johan; Doubrawa, Monika; Kaskes, Pim; Sinnesael, Matthias; Jagt, John W. M.; Claeys, Philippe; Speijer, Robert P.
The benthic foraminiferal response to the mid-Maastrichtian event in the NW-European chalk sea of the Maastrichtian type area Journal Article
In: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, vol. 101, pp. e12, 2022, ISSN: 0016-7746, 1573-9708{note}.
@article{VancoppenolleVellekoop2022a,
title = {The benthic foraminiferal response to the mid-Maastrichtian event in the NW-European chalk sea of the Maastrichtian type area},
author = {Iris Vancoppenolle and Johan Vellekoop and Monika Doubrawa and Pim Kaskes and Matthias Sinnesael and John W. M. Jagt and Philippe Claeys and Robert P. Speijer},
url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0016774622000105/type/journal_article},
doi = {10.1017/njg.2022.10},
issn = {0016-7746, 1573-9708},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-01-01},
urldate = {2022-01-01},
journal = {Netherlands Journal of Geosciences},
volume = {101},
pages = {e12},
abstract = {Abstract
The mid-Maastrichtian carbon isotope event (MME), dated at ∼69 Ma, reflects a perturbation of the global carbon cycle that, in part, correlates with the enigmatic global extinction of `true' (i.e., non-tegulated) inoceramid bivalves. The mechanisms of this extinction event are still debated.
While both the inoceramid extirpation and MME have been recorded in a variety of deep-sea sites, little is known about their expression in epicontinental chalk seas. In order to study the shallow-marine signature of the MME in this epicontinental shelf sea, we have generated quantitative foraminiferal assemblage data for two quarries (Hallembaye, NE Belgium; ENCI, SE Netherlands) in the Maastrichtian type area, complemented by a species-specific benthic δ
13
C record. In contrast to deep-sea records, no significant changes in benthic foraminiferal assemblages and benthic foraminiferal accumulation rates are observed across the MME in the type-Maastrichtian area. At the Hallembaye quarry, the otherwise rare endobenthic species
Cuneus trigona
reaches a transient peak abundance of 33.3% at the onset of the MME, likely caused by a local transient change in organic matter flux to the seafloor. Nevertheless, high and near-constant species evenness shows that neither oxygen nor organic matter flux was limited across the extinction level or during the MME. Benthic foraminiferal data from the uppermost part of the studied section, above the MME, indicate a significant increase in food supply to the seafloor. Decreased amounts of terrigenous elements across this interval document a lesser riverine or aeolian influx, which means that the increased benthic productivity is linked to a different origin. Potentially, the continuous precipitation of chalk under nutrient-poor conditions in the Late Cretaceous chalk sea was enabled by efficient nutrient recycling in the water column. In shallower depositional settings, nutrient recycling took place closer to the seafloor, which allowed more organic matter to reach the bottom. These results provide insights in the importance of nutrient cycling for biological productivity in the NW-European chalk sea.},
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The mid-Maastrichtian carbon isotope event (MME), dated at ∼69 Ma, reflects a perturbation of the global carbon cycle that, in part, correlates with the enigmatic global extinction of `true' (i.e., non-tegulated) inoceramid bivalves. The mechanisms of this extinction event are still debated.
While both the inoceramid extirpation and MME have been recorded in a variety of deep-sea sites, little is known about their expression in epicontinental chalk seas. In order to study the shallow-marine signature of the MME in this epicontinental shelf sea, we have generated quantitative foraminiferal assemblage data for two quarries (Hallembaye, NE Belgium; ENCI, SE Netherlands) in the Maastrichtian type area, complemented by a species-specific benthic δ
13
C record. In contrast to deep-sea records, no significant changes in benthic foraminiferal assemblages and benthic foraminiferal accumulation rates are observed across the MME in the type-Maastrichtian area. At the Hallembaye quarry, the otherwise rare endobenthic species
Cuneus trigona
reaches a transient peak abundance of 33.3% at the onset of the MME, likely caused by a local transient change in organic matter flux to the seafloor. Nevertheless, high and near-constant species evenness shows that neither oxygen nor organic matter flux was limited across the extinction level or during the MME. Benthic foraminiferal data from the uppermost part of the studied section, above the MME, indicate a significant increase in food supply to the seafloor. Decreased amounts of terrigenous elements across this interval document a lesser riverine or aeolian influx, which means that the increased benthic productivity is linked to a different origin. Potentially, the continuous precipitation of chalk under nutrient-poor conditions in the Late Cretaceous chalk sea was enabled by efficient nutrient recycling in the water column. In shallower depositional settings, nutrient recycling took place closer to the seafloor, which allowed more organic matter to reach the bottom. These results provide insights in the importance of nutrient cycling for biological productivity in the NW-European chalk sea.
2020
Sørensen, Aske L.; Nielsen, Arne T.; Thibault, Nicolas; Zhao, Zhengfu; Schovsbo, Niels H.; Dahl, Tais W.
Astronomically forced climate change in the late Cambrian Journal Article
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 548, pp. 116475, 2020, ISSN: 0012821X{note}.
@article{SorensenNielsen2020a,
title = {Astronomically forced climate change in the late Cambrian},
author = {Aske L. Sørensen and Arne T. Nielsen and Nicolas Thibault and Zhengfu Zhao and Niels H. Schovsbo and Tais W. Dahl},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012821X20304192},
doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116475},
issn = {0012821X},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-10-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
volume = {548},
pages = {116475},
keywords = {},
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tppubtype = {article}
}
Huang, He; Gao, Yuan; Jones, Matthew M.; Tao, Huifei; Carroll, Alan R.; Ibarra, Daniel E.; Wu, Huaichun; Wang, Chengshan
Astronomical forcing of Middle Permian terrestrial climate recorded in a large paleolake in northwestern China Journal Article
In: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, vol. 550, pp. 109735, 2020{note}.
@article{HuangGao2020a,
title = {Astronomical forcing of Middle Permian terrestrial climate recorded in a large paleolake in northwestern China},
author = {He Huang and Yuan Gao and Matthew M. Jones and Huifei Tao and Alan R. Carroll and Daniel E. Ibarra and Huaichun Wu and Chengshan Wang},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PPP...550j9735H},
doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109735},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-07-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology},
volume = {550},
pages = {109735},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 2020PPP...550j9735H},
keywords = {},
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Zhong, Yangyang; Wu, Huaichun; Fan, Junxuan; Fang, Qiang; Shi, Meinan; Zhang, Shihong; Yang, Tianshui; Li, Haiyan; Cao, Liwan
Late Ordovician obliquity-forced glacio-eustasy recorded in the Yangtze Block, South China Journal Article
In: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, vol. 540, pp. 109520, 2020{note}.
@article{ZhongWu2020a,
title = {Late Ordovician obliquity-forced glacio-eustasy recorded in the Yangtze Block, South China},
author = {Yangyang Zhong and Huaichun Wu and Junxuan Fan and Qiang Fang and Meinan Shi and Shihong Zhang and Tianshui Yang and Haiyan Li and Liwan Cao},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PPP...540j9520Z},
doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109520},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-02-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology},
volume = {540},
pages = {109520},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 2020PPP...540j9520Z},
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}
Fang, Jichuang; Wu, Huaichun; Fang, Qiang; Shi, Meinan; Zhang, Shihong; Yang, Tianshui; Li, Haiyan; Cao, Liwan
Cyclostratigraphy of the global stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the basal Guzhangian Stage of the Cambrian Period Journal Article
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 540, pp. 109530, 2020, ISSN: 00310182{note}.
@article{FangWu2020a,
title = {Cyclostratigraphy of the global stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the basal Guzhangian Stage of the Cambrian Period},
author = {Jichuang Fang and Huaichun Wu and Qiang Fang and Meinan Shi and Shihong Zhang and Tianshui Yang and Haiyan Li and Liwan Cao},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018219300057},
doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109530},
issn = {00310182},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-02-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology},
volume = {540},
pages = {109530},
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2018
Meyers, Stephen R.; Malinverno, Alberto
Proterozoic Milankovitch cycles and the history of the solar system Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, vol. 115, pp. 6363–6368, 2018, ISSN: 0027-8424{note}.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Note
@article{MeyersMalinverno2018a,
title = {Proterozoic Milankovitch cycles and the history of the solar system},
author = {Stephen R. Meyers and Alberto Malinverno},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PNAS..115.6363M},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1717689115},
issn = {0027-8424},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-05-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Science},
volume = {115},
pages = {6363--6368},
abstract = {The geologic record of Milankovitch climate cycles provides a rich conceptual and temporal framework for evaluating Earth system evolution, bestowing a sharp lens through which to view our planet's history. However, the utility of these cycles for constraining the early Earth system is hindered by seemingly insurmountable uncertainties in our knowledge of solar system behavior (including Earth-Moon history), and poor temporal control for validation of cycle periods (e.g., from radioisotopic dates). Here we address these problems using a Bayesian inversion approach to quantitatively link astronomical theory with geologic observation, allowing a reconstruction of Proterozoic astronomical cycles, fundamental frequencies of the solar system, the precession constant, and the underlying geologic timescale, directly from stratigraphic data. Application of the approach to 1.4-billion-year-old rhythmites indicates a precession constant of 85.79 $pm$ 2.72 arcsec/year (2σ), an Earth-Moon distance of 340,900 $pm$ 2,600 km (2σ), and length of day of 18.68 $pm$ 0.25 hours (2σ), with dominant climatic precession cycles of ∼14 ky and eccentricity cycles of ∼131 ky. The results confirm reduced tidal dissipation in the Proterozoic. A complementary analysis of Eocene rhythmites (∼55 Ma) illustrates how the approach offers a means to map out ancient solar system behavior and Earth-Moon history using the geologic archive. The method also provides robust quantitative uncertainties on the eccentricity and climatic precession periods, and derived astronomical timescales. As a consequence, the temporal resolution of ancient Earth system processes is enhanced, and our knowledge of early solar system dynamics is greatly improved.},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 2018PNAS..115.6363M},
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2017
Azarevich, Vanina L. López; Azarevich, Miguel B.
Lunar recession encoded in tidal rhythmites: a selective overview with examples from Argentina Journal Article
In: Geo-Marine Letters, vol. 37, pp. 333–344, 2017, ISSN: 0276-0460{note}.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Note
@article{AzarevichAzarevich2017a,
title = {Lunar recession encoded in tidal rhythmites: a selective overview with examples from Argentina},
author = {Vanina L. López Azarevich and Miguel B. Azarevich},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017GML....37..333D},
doi = {10.1007/s00367-017-0500-z},
issn = {0276-0460},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-08-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Geo-Marine Letters},
volume = {37},
pages = {333--344},
abstract = {The study of tides from the sedimentary record of tidal rhythmites, applying fast Fourier transform analysis, contributes to the understanding of the surficial evolution of our highly dynamic planet, and of the astronomical cycles that influenced the ancient tidal systems. This overview of lunar retreat rates, which includes examples from Argentina, displays a generalized pattern of nonlinear, progressively extended lunar cycles up to the present day. The lunar retreat calculated at different stages of the Earth's history identifies three time spans of extremely high recession rates, amounting to almost twice that of the present day: Archean-Paleoproterozoic (6.93 cm/year), Neoproterozoic I-Ediacaran (7.01 cm/year) and Ediacaran-early Cambrian (6.48 cm/year). Older comparable recession rates are difficult to recognize because of the lack of tidal rhythmic sequences. The maximum lunar retreat rate is registered after the Copernican meteor bombardment event on the Moon at 900 Ma, and the time span coincides with the continental dispersal of Rodinia. Every acceleration of the lunar retreat rate coincides with two main processes: (1) meteorite impacts on the Earth or Moon, and (2) reconfiguration of landmasses accompanied by earthquakes that generated changes in the rotational axis of the Earth, inundation surfaces, and glaciation/deglaciation processes. The simultaneous occurrence of such processes makes it difficult to distinguish the causes and effects of each individual process, but its conjunction would have promoted the destabilization of the Earth-Moon system in terms of moment of inertia that was transferred to the Moon rotation.},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 2017GML....37..333D},
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2000
Eriksson, Kenneth A.; Simpson, Edward L.
Quantifying the oldest tidal record: The 3.2 Ga Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa Journal Article
In: Geology, vol. 28, pp. 831, 2000{note}.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Note
@article{ErikssonSimpson2000a,
title = {Quantifying the oldest tidal record: The 3.2 Ga Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa},
author = {Kenneth A. Eriksson and Edward L. Simpson},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000Geo....28..831E},
doi = {10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<831:QTOTRT>2.0.CO;2},
year = {2000},
date = {2000-09-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Geology},
volume = {28},
pages = {831},
abstract = {The 3.2 Ga Moodies Group in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, contains the oldest preserved record of tides. The tidal record is preserved in a tidal sand-wave deposit in the lower Moodies Group as bundles of sandstone foresets separated by mudstone drapes. Detailed analysis of rhythmic foreset bundles permits quantification of the tidal record and reveals a hierarchy of diurnal, fortnightly, and monthly tidal periodicities. Thick-thin pairs of foreset bundles reflect deposition from semidiurnal dominant and subordinate flood-tidal currents, respectively. Cyclic variations in foreset bundle thicknesses record longer period changes in strength of the dominant semidiurnal tidal currents consistent with neap-spring-neap tidal cyclicity. Alternating thicker and thinner neap-spring-neap cycles are comparable to anomalistic, perigean-apogean tidal signatures. This quantitative record of tides in the middle Archean Moodies Group represents, by 2.2 b.y., the oldest such documentation. Tidal cyclicity recognized in the Moodies sand-wave deposit is comparable to that recorded in modern tidal settings and identified in the Carboniferous rock record and is most compatible with a lunar orbital shape similar to that existing today.},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 2000Geo....28..831E},
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Williams, George E.
Geological constraints on the Precambrian history of Earth's rotation and the Moon's orbit Journal Article
In: Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 38, pp. 37–60, 2000, ISSN: 8755-1209{note}.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Note
@article{Williams2000a,
title = {Geological constraints on the Precambrian history of Earth's rotation and the Moon's orbit},
author = {George E. Williams},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000RvGeo..38...37W},
doi = {10.1029/1999RG900016},
issn = {8755-1209},
year = {2000},
date = {2000-01-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Reviews of Geophysics},
volume = {38},
pages = {37--60},
abstract = {Over the past decade the analysis of sedimentary cyclic rhythmites of tidal origin, i.e., stacked thin beds or laminae usually of sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone that display periodic variations in thickness reflecting a strong tidal influence on sedimentation, has provided information on Earth's paleorotation and the evolving lunar orbit for Precambrian time (before 540 Ma). Depositional environments of tidal rhythmites range from estuarine to tidal delta, with a wave-protected, distal ebb tidal delta setting being particularly favorable for the deposition and preservation of long, detailed rhythmite records. The potential sediment load of nearshore tidal currents and the effectiveness of the tide as an agent of sediment entrainment and deposition are related directly to tidal range (or maximum tidal height) and consequent current speed. Hence the thickness of successive laminae deposited by tidal currents can be a proxy tidal record, with paleotidal and paleorotational values being determined by analysis of measured records of lamina and cycle thickness. The validity of the findings can be investigated by testing the primary, observed values for internal self-consistency through application of the laws of celestial mechanics. Paleotidal and paleorotational values provided by late Neoproterozoic (textasciitilde620 Ma) tidal rhythmites in South Australia are validated by these tests and indicate 13.1+/-0.1 synodic (lunar) months/yr, 400+/-7 solar days/yr, a length of day of 21.9+/-0.4h, and a relative Earth-Moon distance a/a0 of 0.965+/-0.005. The mean rate of lunar recession since that time is 2.17+/-0.31cm/yr, which is little more than half the present rate of lunar recession of 3.82+/-0.07cm/yr obtained by lunar laser ranging. The late Neoproterozoic data militate against significant overall change in Earth's moment of inertia and radius at least since 620 Ma. Cyclicity displayed by Paleoproterozoic (2450 Ma) banded iron formation in Western Australia may record tidal influences on the discharge and/or dispersal of submarine hydrothermal plumes and suggests 14.5+/-0.5 synodic months/yr and a/a0=0.906+/-0.029. The combined rhythmite data give a mean rate of lunar recession of 1.24+/-0.71cm/yr during most of the Proterozoic (2450-620 Ma), suggesting that a close approach of the Moon did not occur during earlier time. Concentrated study of Precambrian tidal rhythmites promises to illuminate the evolving dynamics of the early Earth-Moon system and may permit the lunar orbit to be traced back to near the time of the Moon's origin.},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 2000RvGeo..38...37W},
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1998
Sonett, C. P.; Chan, Marjorie A.
Neoproterozoic Earth-Moon dynamics: Rework of the 900 Ma Big Cottonwood Canyon tidal laminae Journal Article
In: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 25, pp. 539–542, 1998, ISSN: 0094-8276{note}.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Note
@article{SonettChan1998a,
title = {Neoproterozoic Earth-Moon dynamics: Rework of the 900 Ma Big Cottonwood Canyon tidal laminae},
author = {C. P. Sonett and Marjorie A. Chan},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998GeoRL..25..539S},
doi = {10.1029/98GL00048},
issn = {0094-8276},
year = {1998},
date = {1998-02-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
volume = {25},
pages = {539--542},
abstract = {The tidal rhythmites in the Proterozoic Big Cottonwood Formation (BCC) of Utah, the Neoproterozoic Elatina Formation of the Flinders Range of Southern Australia, and the lower Pennsylvanian Mansfield Formation of Indiana indicate that the rate of retreat of the lunar orbit has been approximately constant since the late Precambrian and closely matches the present epoch value determined from Apollo lasers. Examination of a new (BCC) core leads to a slightly revised length of day (LOD) and modified values for other Earth-Moon dynamical parameters, thus implying the length of day 900 million years ago, reported earlier by Sonett et al. [1996] should be modified to ∼ 18.9 hrs.},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 1998GeoRL..25..539S},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
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1997
Williams, George E.
Precambrian length of day and the validity of tidal rhythmite paleotidal values Journal Article
In: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 24, pp. 421–424, 1997, ISSN: 0094-8276{note}.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Note
@article{Williams1997a,
title = {Precambrian length of day and the validity of tidal rhythmite paleotidal values},
author = {George E. Williams},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997GeoRL..24..421W},
doi = {10.1029/97GL00234},
issn = {0094-8276},
year = {1997},
date = {1997-02-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
volume = {24},
pages = {421--424},
abstract = {Paleotidal records obtained from sedimentary tidal rhythmites may be systematically abbreviated and so may give incorrect paleotidal and paleorotational values. The validity of determined values, including past length of day (l.o.d.), can be assessed by testing for internal self-consistency through application of the laws of celestial mechanics. Three independent values obtained from the ∼620-Ma Elatina-Reynella rhythmites in South Australia (14.1 sidereal months/year, 401 sidereal days/year, and 19.5 years for the lunar nodal period), when employed in different equations that make allowance for lunar and solar tidal effects, each give a lunar semimajor axis in the range of 96.5-96.9% of the present figure. Such self-consistency strongly supports the validity of the derived l.o.d. of 21.9 hours at ∼620 Ma. The validity of the estimated l.o.d. of 20.9 hours at ∼900 Ma (revised value, Big Cottonwood rhythmites, Utah) and of 17.1-18.9 hours at ∼2.5 Ga (Weeli Wolli rhythmites, Western Australia) cannot be assessed in that way because each data set has only one directly determined value. The derived mean rate of lunar retreat of 2.16 cm/year since ∼620 Ma averts a close approach of the Moon at least since 3 Ga and a lower rate of retreat seems likely during the Proterozoic.},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 1997GeoRL..24..421W},
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pubstate = {published},
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}
1996
Sonett, C. P.; Kvale, E. P.; Zakharian, A.; Chan, Marjorie A.; Demko, T. M.
Late Proterozoic and Paleozoic Tides, Retreat of the Moon, and Rotation of the Earth Journal Article
In: Science, vol. 273, no. 5271, pp. 100–104, 1996, ISSN: 0036-8075, 1095-9203{note}.
@article{SonettKvale1996a,
title = {Late Proterozoic and Paleozoic Tides, Retreat of the Moon, and Rotation of the Earth},
author = {C. P. Sonett and E. P. Kvale and A. Zakharian and Marjorie A. Chan and T. M. Demko},
url = {https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.273.5271.100},
doi = {10.1126/science.273.5271.100},
issn = {0036-8075, 1095-9203},
year = {1996},
date = {1996-07-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Science},
volume = {273},
number = {5271},
pages = {100--104},
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}
1990
Williams, George E.
Tidal rhythmites: Key to the history of the Earth's rotation and the lunar orbit. Journal Article
In: Journal of Physics of the Earth, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 475–491, 1990, ISSN: 1884-2305, 0022-3743{note}.
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title = {Tidal rhythmites: Key to the history of the Earth's rotation and the lunar orbit.},
author = {George E. Williams},
url = {http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpe1952/38/6/38_6_475/_article},
doi = {10.4294/jpe1952.38.475},
issn = {1884-2305, 0022-3743},
year = {1990},
date = {1990-01-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Journal of Physics of the Earth},
volume = {38},
number = {6},
pages = {475--491},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
1986
Walker, J. C. G.; Zahnle, K. J.
Lunar nodal tide and distance to the Moon during the Precambrian Journal Article
In: Nature, vol. 320, pp. 600–602, 1986, ISSN: 0028-0836{note}.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Note
@article{WalkerZahnle1986a,
title = {Lunar nodal tide and distance to the Moon during the Precambrian},
author = {J. C. G. Walker and K. J. Zahnle},
url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1986Natur.320..600W},
doi = {10.1038/320600a0},
issn = {0028-0836},
year = {1986},
date = {1986-04-01},
urldate = {2022-12-12},
journal = {Nature},
volume = {320},
pages = {600--602},
abstract = {The pace of tidal evolution for the past textasciitilde450 Myr implies an Earth/Moon collision some 1,500-2,000 Myr BP (see ref. 1), an event for which there is no corroborating evidence. Here we present the first direct determination of the lunar distance in the Precambrian. We interpret a 23.3+/-0.3-yr periodicity preserved in a 2,500 Myr BP Australian banded iron formation (BIF)2 as reflecting the climatic influence of the lunar nodal tide, which has been detected with its modern 18.6-yr periodicity in some modern climate records3-10. The lunar distance at 2,500 Myr BP would then have been about 52 Earth radii. The implied history of Precambrian tidal friction is in accord with both the more recent palaeontological evidence and the long-term stability of the lunar orbit. The length of the Milankovitch cycles that modulate the ice ages today11-13 also evolve with the Earth-Moon system. Their detection in the Precambrian sedimentary record would then permit an independent determination of the lunar distance.},
note = {ADS Bibcode: 1986Natur.320..600W},
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}