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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Nunn, Patrick D. (1955-....)
Titre(s) : Climate, environment and society in the Pacific during the last millennium [Texte électronique] / by Patrick D. Nunn
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2007
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Developments in earth & environmental sciences ; 6
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Describes the climate changes that occurred in the Pacific and discusses how these
changes controlled the broad evolution of human societies, typically filtered by the
effects of changing sea level and storminess on food availability and interaction.
This book contains a survey of the evidence for climate, environmental, and societal
change
Sujet(s) : Changements climatiques -- Pacifique (région) -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
551.691 823 (23e éd.) = Climat - Région du Pacifique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780444528162
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44646938h
Notice n° :
FRBNF44646938
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Climate, environment and society : global and regional perspectives ; Arrival and
spread of humans in the Pacific basin ; Influence of climate and sea-level changes
on humans ; The Medieval warm period (AD. 750-1250) in the Pacific basin ; The A.D.
13 event (A.D. 1250-1350) in the Pacific basin ; The Little Ice Age (A.D. 1350-1800)
in the Pacific basin ; The A.D. 1300 event : an explanatory model for societal response
to climate change during the last millennium in the Pacific basin ; Recent warming
and sea-level rise (since A.D. 1800) in the Pacific basin ; Teleconnections and global
climate trends ; Causes of last-millennium climate change.