Investigations into the impact of astronomical phenomena on the terrestrial biosphere and climate
@article{Feng2015InvestigationsIT,
title={Investigations into the impact of astronomical phenomena on the terrestrial biosphere and climate},
author={Fabo Feng},
journal={arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics},
year={2015}
}This thesis assesses the influence of astronomical phenomena on the Earth's biosphere and climate. I examine in particular the relevance of both the path of the Sun through the Galaxy and the evolution of the Earth's orbital parameters in modulating non-terrestrial mechanisms. I build models to predict the extinction rate of species, the temporal variation of the impact cratering rate and ice sheet deglaciations, and then compare these models with other models within a Bayesian framework. I…
Figures and Tables from this paper
table 2.1 
table 3.1 
figure 3.1 
figure 3.10 
figure 3.11 
figure 3.12 
table 3.2 
figure 3.2 
table 3.3 
figure 3.3 
table 3.4 
figure 3.4 
figure 3.5 
figure 3.6 
table 3.6 
figure 3.7 
table 3.7 
figure 3.8 
table 3.8 
figure 3.9 
table 4.1 
figure 4.1 
figure 4.10 
figure 4.11 
figure 4.12 
figure 4.13 
figure 4.14 
figure 4.15 
figure 4.16 
figure 4.17 
figure 4.18 
figure 4.19 
figure 4.2 
table 4.2 
figure 4.20 
figure 4.3 
table 4.3 
figure 4.4 
table 4.4 
figure 4.5 
table 4.5 
figure 4.6 
table 4.6 
figure 4.7 
table 4.7 
figure 4.8 
figure 4.9 
figure 5.1 
table 5.1 
figure 5.2 
table 5.2 
figure 5.3 
table 5.3 
figure 5.4 
table 5.4 
figure 5.5 
table 5.5 
figure 5.6 
table 5.6 
figure 5.7 
table 5.7 
table 5.8 
figure 5.8 
table 5.9 
figure 6.1 
figure 6.2 
figure 6.3 
figure 6.4 
figure 6.5
2 Citations
Finding the imprints of stellar encounters in long-period comets
- Physics, Geology
- 2015
The solar system's Oort cloud can be perturbed by the Galactic tide and by individual passing stars. These perturbations can inject Oort cloud objects into the inner parts of the solar system, where…
Was Proxima captured by Alpha Centauri A and B
- Physics, Geology
- 2017
The nearest stellar system consists of the stars Proxima, alpha Centauri A and B and at least one planet Proxima b. The habitability of Proxima b and any other planets are likely to be significantly…
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 15 REFERENCES
Dynamical Paleoclimatology: Generalized Theory Of Global Climate Change
- Environmental Science
- 2002
The book discusses the ideas and creates a framework for building toward a theory of paleoclimate. Using the rich and mounting array of observational evidence of climatic changes from geology,…
Volcanoes and the Environment
- Geology
- 2005
List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements 1. Understanding the physical behaviour of volcanoes Steven N. Carey 2. Volcano hazards Robert I.Tilling 3. Anticipating volcanic eruptions Joan Marti…
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy Equations for the orbital elements : Hidden symmetry
- Physics
- 2009
We revisit the Lagrange and Delaunay systems of equations for the orbital elements, and point out a previously neglected aspect of these equations: in both cases the orbit resides on a certain…
The sun, solar analogs and the climate
- Physics, Geology
- 2005
The Earth's Climate and Its Response to Solar Variability.- Solar Outputs, Their Variations and Their Effects on Earth.- Stellar Analogs of Solar Activity: The Sun in A Stellar Context.
Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms
- Computer ScienceIEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- 2004
Fun and exciting textbook on the mathematics underpinning the most dynamic areas of modern science and engineering.