Climate windows for polynesian voyaging to New Zealand and easter Island

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

Volumn 111, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 14716-14721

  Goodwin, Ian D ^a   Browning, Stuart A ^a   Anderson, Atholl J ^b   Kirch, Patrick V ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Modoki La Nina; Proxy climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; PRESSURE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; PRESSURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 85047697955     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1408918111     Document Type: Article

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