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Table 2 Spectral Analysis of the Kominz et al. 2008 data on sea-level fluctuations from 9.7 to 108Ma (at ** 99%; * 95% and 90% significance)

From: The Sun-Earth connect 3: lessons from the periodicities of deep time influencing sea-level change and marine extinctions in the geological record

Blackman (Harris) BH4

Multitaper BW = 4 K= 5

Theoretical loop (L), loop & tail (LT) and loop & double tail (L2T) periods

Frequency

Power

Period (Ma)

Frequency

dB

F-value

Period (yr)

Solar Harmonics R3 (fast)

Solar Harmonics R5 (slow)

0.00698

133.35**

143.55

1.38030

50.11

8.996**

724,482

718,336

NA

L

0.03209

18.80**

31.16

1.43889

47.90

8.790*

694,978

  

0.05860

10.51*

17.07

0.96081

52.19

8.154*

1,040,786

1,077,504

1,029,971

L2T

LT

   

1.82489

45.92

7.002*

547,977

  
   

0.48552

55.04

6.393*

2,059,639

2,155,008

2,060,000

L2T

LT

   

0.63620

46.51

5.099*

1,571,830

  
   

3.25914

46.22

4.832*

306,829

  
   

0.20462

58.86

4.730*

4,886,962

4,310,016

4,944,000

L2T

LT

   

3.45539

47.74

4.372

289,403

  
   

1.22590

51.23

4.306

815,729

NA

823,858 L

    

46.51

4.207

1,478,860

1.436,672 L

1,648,000 L

    

45.71

4.193

536,760

538,752

514,997

L2T

LT