In association with other natural factors, the Milankovitch cycles explain the advance and retreat of glaciers according to which of the following time periods?

A. hundreds of millions of years
B. several million years
C. ten thousand years to one hundred thousand years
D. hundreds of thousands of years


Answer: C

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