Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23344061 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell Drysdale, Russell N Drysdale (0000-0001-7867-031X, University of Newcastle Australia), Giovanni Zanchetta (0000-0002-7080-9599, University of Pisa), J Hellstrom (0000-0001-9427-3525, The University of Melbourne), Roland Maas (0000-0003-0567-5640, The University of Melbourne), Anthony E Fallick (0000-0002-7649-6167, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre), Anthony Fallick, Matthew Pickett (University of Newcastle Australia), Ian Cartwright (0000-0001-5300-4716, Monash University), Léonardo Piccini (0000-0003-3892-050X, University of Florence) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 101 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7613 • E-ISSN: 1943-2682 |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1130/g22103.1 |
| OpenAlex | W1983709595 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 101 |
| References cited | 32 |
A severe drought in parts of low-latitude northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia\n\nca 4200 yr ago caused major disruption to ancient civilizations. Stable isotope, trace element,\n\nand organic fluorescence data from a calcite flowstone collected from the wellwatered\n\nAlpi Apuane karst of central-western Italy indicate that the climatic event responsible\n\nfor this drought was also recorded in mid-latitude Europe. Although the timing\n\nof this event coincides with an episode of increased ice-rafted debris to the subpolar North\n\nAtlantic, the regional ocean-atmosphere response seems atypical of similar Holocene icerafting events. Furthermore, comparison of the flowstone data with other regional proxies suggests that the most extreme part of the dry spell occurred toward the end of a longerterm climate anomaly.
Archaeology · Art history · Cave · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry · History · Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
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| Citations per year | 5,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
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