Climate change and the demise of Minoan civilization

Climate of the Past

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-530

  Tsonis, A A ^a   Swanson, K L ^a   Sugihara, G ^b   Tsonis, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 77956039723     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-6-525-2010     Document Type: Article

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