Circa A.D. 626 volcanic eruption, climatic cooling, and the collapse of the Eastern Turkic Empire

Climatic Change

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 469-475

  Fei, Jie ^a,b   Zhou, Jie ^b   Hou, Yongjian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FROST EFFECTS; SNOW;

CLIMATIC COOLING; ECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FROST; NATURAL DISASTER; SNOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTHEAST ASIA;

EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847616636     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9199-y     Document Type: Article

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