Pluvials, droughts, the Mongol Empire, and modern Mongolia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4375-4379

  Pederson, Neil ^a   Hessl, Amy E ^b   Baatarbileg, Nachin ^c   Anchukaitis, Kevin J ^d   Di Cosmo, Nicola ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Coupled human natural systems; Dendrochronology; Human ecology; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MOISTURE; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS SIBIRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEPPE;

ANTHROPOCENE; COUPLED HUMAN NATURAL SYSTEMS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN ECOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MONGOLIA; RAIN;

EID: 84896942686     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318677111     Document Type: Article

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