Environmental Catastrophe in the Pacific Islands around A.D. 1300

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 715-740

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CORAL REEF; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0001409102     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6548(200010)15:7<715::AID-GEA4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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