Illuminating sea-level fall around AD 1220-1510 (730-440 cal yr BP) in the Pacific Islands: Implications for environmental change and cultural transformation

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-54

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b Geography Department

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIAL IMPACT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034131363     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2000.tb00559.x     Document Type: Article

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