The Mayans: Climate determinism or geomagnetic determinism?

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Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 129-130

  Gallet, Yves ^a   Genevey, Agnès ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GEOMAGNETISM; HOLOCENE;

EID: 34047156097     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007eo110001     Document Type: Article

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