Research Article

Astronomy and Climate-Earth System: Can Magma Motion under Sun-Moon Gravitation Contribute to Paleoclimatic Variations and Earth’s Heat?

Table 1

Basic (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) memorial periods versus the velocity of SMG-induced magma motion.

Length of period (ky)≤581530601002001000≥2000

Under the gravitation of the Moon1stHalf a month for any and at any latitude
2ndThe size of ≥18311460.830.415.29.134.560.91≤0.46
±15°≥17611058.829.414.78.814.410.88≤0.44
±30°≥15899.052.726.313.27.903.950.79≤0.40
±45°≥12980.743.021.510.86.453.230.65≤0.32
±60°≥91.357.030.415.27.604.562.280.46≤0.23
±75°≥47.229.515.77.873.942.361.180.24≤0.12
3rdThe size of ≥18311460.830.415.29.134.560.91≤0.46

Under the gravitation of the Sun1stHalf a year for any and at any latitude
2ndThe size of ≥13081.243.321.710.86.503.250.65≤0.33
±15°≥12578.441.820.910.56.273.140.63≤0.31
±30°≥11370.337.518.89.375.622.810.56≤0.28
±45°≥91.957.430.615.37.654.592.300.46≤0.23
±60°≥65.040.621.710.85.413.251.620.33≤0.16
±75°≥33.621.011.25.602.801.680.840.17≤0.08
3rdThe size of ≥13081.243.321.710.86.503.250.65≤0.33

Note: the unit of speed is μm/s, and the numbers in Column 3 are for latitude in degree.