The A.D. 1300 event in the Pacific Basin

Geographical Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

A.D. 1300 event; Climate change; Cultural change; Pacific Basin; Sea level change; Storm frequency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL; OCEAN BASIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548284841     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2007.tb00277.x     Document Type: Article

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