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We review the subject of the time dependence of the component of Oort cloud comet flux due to the adiabatic Galactic tide, including the possibility of detecting such a signal in the terrestrial cratering record.
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Matese, J.J., Innanen, K.A., Valtonen, M.J. (2001). Variable Oort Cloud Flux due to the Galactic Tide. In: Marov, M.Y., Rickman, H. (eds) Collisional Processes in the Solar System. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 261. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0712-2_5
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