Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-382

  Cullen, H M ^a   De Menocal, P B ^a   Hemming, S ^a   Brown, F H ^a   Guilderson, T ^a   Sirocko, F ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilization collapse; Holocene climate; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DUST; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES; CIVILIZATION COLLAPSE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL CORRELATION; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; MIDDLE EAST; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; TIGRIS-EUPHRATES RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF OMAN;

EID: 84879890882     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<379:CCATCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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