Who proposed orbital theory of glacial/deglacial cycles

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Assignment Problem: Answer the following questions:

1. What can explain the recent glacial epoch?

2. How much sea level changed in the past 11,000 years ago and why did it happen?

3. How do the GRACE Follow On satellites measure mass distribution on Earth's surface?

4. What causes the glaciation threshold and the equilibrium line to move?

5. Who proposed the orbital theory of glacial/deglacial cycles?

6. Why do monsoons occur?

7. How does the ITCZ move during monsoonal cycles?

8. How is it known that monsoon cycles occur in northern Africa?

9. How is it known that monsoon cycles occur in South America and Asia?

10. What do highly negative delta O18 values indicate about monsoon flow?

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