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Climatic cyclicity is recorded by regular variations in the thickness of varves in the Elatina Formation, a late Precambrian periglacial lake deposit in South Australia. Earlier conclusions that the climatic cycles reflect solar variability are strongly supported by a complexity of periods revealed through study of drill cores of the varved sequence. The new data promise to contribute significantly to our understanding of solar processes.
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Williams, G., Sonett, C. Solar signature in sedimentary cycles from the late Precambrian Elatina Formation, Australia. Nature 318, 523–527 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/318523a0
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